paper trail
Example Sentences
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She becomes the de facto “keeper” of these letters and more mementos — a “strange gift,” she writes, the paper trail of something that should never have happened.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
For one, he doesn’t have the provocative paper trail that Dhillon has.
From Salon ● Apr. 12, 2026
In other words, there should be a paper trail if/when you are audited.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 26, 2026
There is, of course, a rich paper trail, and the author made avid use of the Sanders mayoral archives at the University of Vermont.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026
It sounded like Jesse didn’t have much of a paper trail to bring to the admissions committee, however.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
