Example Sentences

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By examining genetic material preserved in bones and teeth, his team is tracing how domesticated animals such as cattle, goats and sheep spread from the Fertile Crescent across Eurasia.

From Science Daily • Mar. 7, 2026

A major part of the challenge for investigators is tracing the responsibility up the chain of command in a way that can stand up in court.

From Washington Post • Mar. 7, 2022

Fortunately, as more Indigenous tattooists around the world resurrect lost traditions, a small group of archaeologists is tracing tattooing through time and space, uncovering new examples of its role in historic and prehistoric societies.

From New York Times • Jul. 5, 2021

An exhibition at the Jewish Museum of Belgium in Brussels is tracing the Jewish backgrounds of the US’s best-known superheroes, including Superman, Batman and Captain America.

From The Guardian • Jan. 30, 2020

The point which has interested me most is tracing the NERVES! which follow the vascular bundles.

From Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 by Darwin, Francis, Sir