trace of past
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftraceandpast
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trace
noun
uk/treɪs/us/treɪs/
a sign that something has happened ...
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past
noun[S]
uk/pɑːst/us/pæst/
the period before and until, but not including, the ...
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(Definition oftraceandpastfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoftrace of past
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If humans did not record in their cognitive states sometraceofpastexperience, we could do something a thousand times without its becoming familiar.
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Following an almost testamentary disposition, most excavation reports' find-lists lack anytraceofpastmaterial biographical relations.
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In this sense, habits are often atraceofpastgoal pursuit.
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It takes the traces of past activities and attempts to reconstruct past behaviours from those traces.
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Residual traces of past explorations and decision-making may, in fact, add richness to the final image.
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Rather than relying upon the results of controlled experiments, historical researchers search for traces of past events in the uncontrollable world of nature.
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On-site recording must take into account all traces of past human activities encountered during excavation, not just layers, fills and cuts.
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For them, explicit theory is simply not needed to make sense of the material traces of past activity.
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The performing arts archive represents the officially sanctioned collecting, cataloguing, preserving, and consecrating of traces of past performances.
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The look is completely new, leaving all traces of past designs.
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There are traces of past tectonic activity of various faults and fractures.
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The hotel still bears the traces of past glory.
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