clues
Example Sentences
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On Sunday, lines of police officers were combing the ground near the car, a Citroen minivan with a Berlin number plate, in the search for clues and taking samples of material from the ground.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
The abrasive texture of shark skin repels barnacles and has inspired antimicrobial surface coatings for hospitals; the seeds of a flowering plant offer clues to the designers of probes destined for other worlds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Important clues emerged from earlier research by a team at HHU led by Professor Dr. Martin Beye of the Institute of Evolutionary Genetics.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026
Family secrets and sibling drama: A reader is distraught that their siblings threw away their late father’s journals, which held clues about who he really was.
From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2026
"There must be more clues around here somewhere."
From "Pony Problems: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #3" by Carolyn Keene
