1
: capable of being traced
a traceable phone call
2
: suitable or of a kind to be attributed to something specified : due
—used with to
… perhaps 35 percent of cancer cases in the U.S. are traceable to dietary factors.—Gary Blonston

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One initiative bringing these priorities together is the Circular Fashion Partnership (CFP) Indonesia, which has been working to improve textile waste management and develop a more traceable recycling supply chain. — Mayu Saini, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2026 Those decision points remain deliberate handovers to people, with outputs traceable back to their source. — Jo Debecker, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026 Its materials describe every decision as traceable and explainable, with the same file yielding the same answer. — Ethan Stone, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026 Riedl said newer models can reach the same conclusions without producing a traceable chain-of-thought. — Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for traceable

Word History

First Known Use

1646, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of traceable was in 1646

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“Traceable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/traceable. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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