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trace

[treys] / treɪs /






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To trace this history, the team carried out a broad comparison of sperm structures across arthropods using decades of previously published research.

From Science Daily Aug. 6, 2026

Looking back now, I can trace so much of my own career back to that realization.

From Salon Aug. 6, 2026

Many state public-health labs, funded through government budgets and grants, lack the resources to perform genetic sequencing to trace and compare outbreak strains.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

They said they were also looking to trace Ross's American friends.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

She hadn’t felt even a trace of magic since the night of the fire, she didn’t trust herself to figure out anything here.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

"Our excavations may tell us something about the end of Urartu," he said, noting that researchers have found "the traces of a very powerful earthquake."

From Barron's Aug. 10, 2026

Kicking over the traces of domesticity, Aurore left her family for the capital in 1831 and quickly immersed herself in Paris’s bustling literary scene.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

A new study published in Nature traces the origins of this powerful hunting tool to Urokodia, a small marine creature that lived during the early Cambrian Period.

From Science Daily Aug. 4, 2026

The chief vet of Kenya's Wildlife Service, Dr Isaac Lekolool, told us that they had found traces of cyanide in samples taken from the elephants' stomachs.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

“I want to know where you received that bite. There was blood only in your bedroom—no traces of it in the hallway or anywhere else.”

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas

Ipswich's previous recruitment model can be traced back to their four seasons in League One.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

"The path traced back to low in the asteroid belt."

From Science Daily Aug. 8, 2026

“Many of my projects can be traced back to this space,” he told me, citing the several cups of coffee he’s shared there with collaborators and curators from spaces like Compton Museum and Color Compton.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

"Some users think the online world is anonymous and unregulated or that they cannot be traced," he said.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

Hazel traced her fingers across the carved skulls.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

The BBC World Service's Follow the Money series spent a week tracing the American beef supply chain to find out what has caused the price jump and discover where all the cash is going.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

After a few blocks on Reseda, Papas turned back into the neighborhood centered around Etiwanda and started tracing loops across the blocks.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

My research on how these movements evolve online and intersect with political activists and extremist networks was directly relevant to tracing how COVID-origin claims moved from fringe communities into mainstream political discourse.

From Salon Aug. 2, 2026

In meetings, some employees questioned how such an order would work in place of a traditional recall, given the difficulty of tracing suspicious parts.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

Ivy crushed her pillow against her chest, tracing her finger over one corner of her notebook.

From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake




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