audit trail

noun

: a record of a sequence of events (such as actions performed by a computer) from which a history may be reconstructed

Examples of audit trail in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The data, decision and resulting action increasingly become part of the same audit trail. — Sunil Padiyar, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026

With the White House now aspiring to create an AI Force and the myriad of state and international rules beginning to be written around the use of AI, more rigorous audit trails will likely be needed. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 20 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1954, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for audit trail

• abigail
• cottontail
• countervail
• fingernail
• martingale
• mesoscale
• microscale
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