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单词 paper trail
释义

paper trail

noun

: documents (such as financial records) from which a person's actions may be traced or opinions learned

Example Sentences

They covered up the fraud and were careful not to leave a paper trail.
Recent Examples on the Web Exchanging the paper trail in a back-office filing cabinet for online data is helping managers more easily analyze sales, manage inventory or run payroll. Dante Dicicco, Forbes, 11 Aug. 2022 The requisite paper trail of ex-Royal cars followed, including documentation noting that the vehicle was re-registered with its original plates: C462 FHK. John Vorwald, Robb Report, 5 Aug. 2022 The paper trail dried up when the consultants left Matrix. Sarah Blaskey, Anchorage Daily News, 27 July 2022 The paper trail dried up when the consultants left Matrix. Sarah Blaskey Mcclatchy Washington Bureau (tns), al, 26 July 2022 Paper ballots also make post-election audits easier by having a paper trail to double-check the machine counts. Joshua A. Douglas, CNN, 26 July 2022 Sometimes people use messaging apps to skip standard operating procedures, and that leads to operational messes and no paper trail. Expert Panel®, Forbes, 11 July 2022 Presidents, especially Republican ones, also began to seek out nominees with a much lighter paper trail to avoid similar defeats in the future. Matt Ford, The New Republic, 28 June 2022 Holbein, unlike Erasmus, who corresponded with hundreds of people throughout Europe, didn’t leave a paper trail. Brian T. Allen, National Review, 24 Mar. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1935, in the meaning defined above

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