traces

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But the scale of modern settlements reflects a legal trajectory that traces back more than two decades.

From Salon • May 3, 2026

Fundamentally, the study’s finding traces to the statistical tendency for volatility to be lower as the length of your observation period increases.

From MarketWatch • May 2, 2026

The technology traces back to 1971, when Ray Tomlinson chose the @ symbol to separate a user from the host—a technical routing fix that created a universal digital identity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Silicon Valley lore traces their first meeting back to 2012, in an encounter prompted by investor Geoff Ralston.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

That shadow would marry this shadow, and the peculiar, yellowish soil of our locality seal the wound in the whiteness, and yet another snowfall erase the traces of newness in Joan's grave.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath