trace
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“You can trace it to the Telecom Act of 1996.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
Then they sifted through each potential match to trace the two whales' journey across the world.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
The study relied on thermal history models, which help scientists trace how rocks cooled as they moved closer to Earth's surface during periods of mountain uplift and erosion.
From Science Daily • May 18, 2026
Although bitcoin users don’t have to use their real names on the blockchain, its public ledger has made the token increasingly easy to trace.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
No cook-fires shone beyond the trees, and there was no trace of the electric lights Grandmother had described.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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Vocabulary lists containing trace
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 1
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Vocabulary of the Common Core
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