trace
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The oldest lineages trace back to Southeast Asia, but not from a single location.
From Science Daily • Apr. 9, 2026
It’s a medicated but functioning limbo that Peet, in one of her best roles, conveys without the slightest trace of pity but with a coursing, wryly emotional intelligence that always reveals the sadness fueling it.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
The US military's pararescue units trace their lineage back to a 1943 mission in which two combat surgeons parachuted into then-Burma - now Myanmar - to help wounded soldiers.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
Even when denying Tamora’s entreaties, Mr. Page’s Titus speaks in grave but reasonable tones, without a trace of rancor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
The rock looked perfectly clean, though, without a trace of blood.
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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