traces

Example Sentences

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Yet this familiar process traces back hundreds of millions of years.

From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2026

Elsewhere, a mural traces a line of clerical leadership in Iran.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

Robert P. Bremner’s informative, sympathetic biography traces the rise and fall of Martin’s reputation in the context of the inflationary currents of the age.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

“Far” traces expansion in two directions: geographic, as Norton’s eye moved beyond California to Japan, Cuba, England; and social, into work breaking new ground on questions of gender, sexuality and post-colonial histories.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

The work space was cleared of all traces of me.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan