trace
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Many of the latest breakthrough drugs trace their origins to research efforts that initially looked unprofitable or speculative.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026
The oldest lineages trace back to Southeast Asia, but not from a single location.
From Science Daily • Apr. 9, 2026
To the south lie the Bureau of Land Management’s Imperial Sand Dunes, where dune buggies and motorcycles trace arcs across bare slopes.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
As he admired the innards of a primordial iPhone, Cook found himself surrounded by artifacts that trace the history of Apple from a startup in a garage to the most iconic company in America.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
But here’s the thing: Because he was so disappointing, the fact of Kempton Bunton disappeared without a trace.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
Vocabulary lists containing trace
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 1
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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Vocabulary of the Common Core
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