trace
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You can say his act is getting stale, the whole shtick thinning out, but only when an act is truly vivid and has truly pierced can you trace the ups and downs of its lifespan.
But this series has accidentally-on-purpose traced the plummeting mood of the 21st century.
From Los Angeles Times
Most histories of men’s style trace the Edwardian suit’s post-1945 mutations into the Teddy Boy look of the 1950s and the Italian- and preppy-influenced Modernist revival of the 1960s.
Each peat layer contained traces of past conditions, including charcoal fragments, pollen, and remains of plants and microbes.
From Science Daily
The fairs’ successes are evident in their permanent traces—not just in enduring structures, but in the reshaping of cultures.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
