Example Sentences

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The upcoming prisoner swap between Iran and the United States follows the same contours that the countries have been tracing since the resolution of the 1979 U.S.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 13, 2023

By taking a closer look, several prominent researchers who have been tracing SARS-CoV-2's origins noticed plenty of evidence contradicting that claim.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2023

Two professors at Tufts University, Kendra Field and Kerri Greenidge, are among the many scholars who have been tracing the history of Massachusetts’s African-American residents, from slavery to Black Lives Matter.

From New York Times • Feb. 21, 2019

Since the start of the year, investigators have been tracing their way down the family tree to find a suspect.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2018

For many years, geneticists have been tracing the origins of domesticated wheat.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari