trace
Example Sentences
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These guys there could trace their ancestry back to 100 miles from where I grew up.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
Brazil is working on new legislation to bolster gold tracking, alongside police initiatives like a library of gold "DNA" to trace the origin of the ore back to specific sites in the Amazon.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
Researchers supplement that information with satellite images of the vessels making ship-to-ship transfers and then docking in Chinese ports, enabling them to trace the oil’s journey from Iran to China.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
An officer had visited Saundersfoot beach, NRW said, but found no trace of the animals as they had been washed back into the sea.
From BBC • May 27, 2026
You sit, trace the floral design with your finger.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Vocabulary lists containing trace
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 1
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Vocabulary of the Common Core
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