trace
Example Sentences
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But it’s also because Halsey grew up around the way and can trace her family history back more than 100 years to this place.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
The researchers found no trace of the virus in samples of the man's blood, gut and bone marrow.
From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026
The oldest lineages trace back to Southeast Asia, but not from a single location.
From Science Daily • Apr. 9, 2026
“He was one of their best detectives ever,” said Eddings, the trace evidence expert and UT–Arlington senior lecturer, who often worked with Ford on murder cases.
From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026
Now she was truly alone on the water, without a trace of land and with no idea of how far away it might lie.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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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