trace
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It’s initiated a traceback investigation, a process where officials trace food that ill people report eating all the way back to the farm or production facility.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
It also hinges on the interviewers, inspectors and epidemiologists willing to track down customers and trace ingredients back through their production and distribution networks.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026
"Our findings show that tau helps determine which cells are selected to store a memory, shaping how an experience forms a lasting memory trace," says Ms Kosonen, a researcher at Flinders' Neuroscience and Dementia Research.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
Their red and blue flag has flown regularly over the town and a number of families can trace their roots back to the Scandinavian country.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
His voice reminded me a little of Willem’s, deep, cultivated, the German with only a trace of Dutch accent.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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The documentary traces Manson to his troubled childhood and almost constant incarceration in youth facilities and jails.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
After Bisignano left the bank, investigators from the legal department found digital traces of the spying activity, including records that showed email access, some of the people said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Taylor said at the time that it tests its products for pathogens and hadn’t found traces of E. coli.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
Saar traces her habit of rescuing discarded materials to her childhood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
About eight weeks later, I heard a sound that erased all traces of resentment: a swishing, watery heartbeat picked up on ultrasound, emanating from the warm cave of my body.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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A major U.S. outbreak in 1996 was traced back to raspberries from Guatemala.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
In 2006, the federal government connected lettuce served at the chain as a likely vehicle in dozens of E. coli cases traced to Taco Bell restaurants in the Northeast.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
The researchers traced the myth back to at least 1967, when it began appearing in news reports.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026
Many of these ideas can be traced back to the controversial thinker and tech founder Curtis Yarvin, who has been called the "founder of the Dark Enlightenment".
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Soon I had traced on the paper a broad and prominent forehead and a square lower outline of visage: that contour gave me pleasure; my fingers proceeded actively to fill it with features.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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Everyone I spoke with described the current process of tracing foodborne illnesses as laborious and slow and hampered by an absence of a unified approach.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026
He said the cyber cell was tracing those sharing inflammatory videos and continuously monitoring social media for more such content.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
In meetings, some employees questioned how such an order would work in place of a traditional recall, given the difficulty of tracing suspicious parts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
In a bid to boost tracing goods, the EU will make it mandatory from November 1, 2026 to provide reference details about the products.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
I frown a little, eyes tracing the lines in the palms of my hands.
From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender
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The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 1
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