paper trail

noun

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

Examples of paper trail in a Sentence

They covered up the fraud and were careful not to leave a paper trail.

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More importantly, developers will also inevitably leave a paper trail of credentials, application programming interface tokens and passkeys embedded in their code, which can remain exposed for years, even after deletion. —

Adrian Bridgwater, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024 Advertisement The paper trail of Upton’s incarceration describes her as distraught and combative on arrival at the Robert The Cois M. Byrd Detention Center, also referred to as the Southwest Detention Center, in Murrieta. —

Christopher Damien, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024 Both systems provide a paper trail for all ballots cast. —

Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 5 Nov. 2024 The alleged gunman arrested at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, has a lengthy paper trail of pro-Ukraine advocacy, according to several news reports Monday. —

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