Paper trail
Paper trail noun - The written evidence of someone's activities.
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Synonyms for Paper trail
Story and paper trail are semantically related. in account of event or proceedings topic. In some cases you can use "Story" instead a noun phrase "Paper trail".
Story
Story noun - A work with imaginary characters and events that is shorter and usually less complex than a novel.
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Both terms in one sentence
- In Isaac Asimov's story Blind Alley, a bureaucrat sets up a chain of events that allows a Dying Race of aliens to steal a fleet of spaceships and escape human space; the bureaucrat makes sure that there is an extensive (and legitimate) paper trail proving that he had nothing to do with it.
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