trace
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Even more striking, in more than 500 wild primates, across 27 species both living and fossil, we found no trace of a common modern dental disease: deep, V-shaped gumline notches called abfraction lesions.
From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026
Not that it lacks a plan: Retrospectively, you can trace back the breadcrumbs that led toward a conclusion, of sorts — but I can say no more.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
But the ideological and philosophical lineage of these people is not difficult to trace.
From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026
The men were arrested within days of the gang using explosives to break into the museum, but by then there was no trace of the items, considered to be among Romania's greatest treasures.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
Radioactivity from the accident can be found in trace amounts as far away as California and Oregon.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
Vocabulary lists containing trace
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 1
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Vocabulary of the Common Core
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