trace
Example Sentences
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Health authorities are racing to trace dozens of people who disembarked from a hantavirus-hit cruise ship on the island of St Helena in the South Atlantic.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
They also argue that it will make it harder for law enforcement to trace the movement of handguns and solve related crimes.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
Officials were trying to trace people on that flight, which South African-based carrier Airlink said was carrying 82 passengers and six crew.
From Barron's • May 7, 2026
During the Cold War and for decades afterward, they focused intensely on nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles—high-tech instruments of mass destruction with rare components that were relatively straightforward to trace.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
The instructor keeps typing away, not a trace of sympathy in her voice.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
Vocabulary lists containing trace
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 1
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Vocabulary of the Common Core
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