traces

Example Sentences

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The word “credit” traces back to the Latin root for “to believe.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

Her body was exhumed and forensic testing found signs of poisoning in most of her major organs, as well as traces of toxic chemicals.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

He traces how women’s-rights advocates, labor reformers and other movements seized the language of 1776 to press their own demands, bending its promises toward new ends.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

In northern Britain, evidence from this era is extremely rare because glaciers from the Ice Age heavily altered the landscape and destroyed many archaeological traces.

From Science Daily • May 20, 2026

As the sun came up each morning, they’d clear away all traces of their campsite and set off again, deeper into the mountains.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown