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n. (paper trail English)
Usage examples of "paper trails".
Behind them was a table with a vertical centerboard studded with instruments registering their measurements and recording devices vomiting paper trails, all inside a wicker enclosure.
Since there were no clues in the form of tracks or paper trails, and her meager list of suspects had already been interviewed within an inch of their tawdry little lives, she decided to return to the scene of the crime.
We've still got a lot of paper trails lying around if you're old enough to remember where to look.
Another of the free-rangers who don't leave electronic tracks or paper trails.
He avoided business crimes like check kiting and securities fraud because of the paper trails.
It's a charmed idea and much easier with all our computer technology and the paper trails we have now.