trace
Example Sentences
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Where possible, they must also add permanent markers to help trace where it came from.
From BBC
Contact tracing and the daily testing of ocean water quality could slow down.
From Los Angeles Times
"None of it was traced," she says, "because tankers hide their loading and the oil has come on four or five tankers, deliberately to obscure the origin and destination of the cargo."
From BBC
The Co-op traces its roots back to 1844 when the Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers set up a store to offer quality food at fair prices to working-class neighbourhoods in industrial towns.
From BBC
He stared at the book with reverence, and as his eyes traced the handwritten letters, he realized it was his favorite story: “Sinchi and the Cliffs of Nowhere.”
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
