audit trail
noun
: a record of a sequence of events (such as actions performed by a computer) from which a history may be reconstructed
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Most leading teams keep an audit trail so regressions don’t slip through the cracks and improvements are visible to all stakeholders.
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Sebastian Crossa, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
There's also an audit trail, to see, after the fact, who used them.
—John Wisely, Freep.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Since day one, whenever Draft One is used to generate an initial narrative, its use is stored in Axon Evidence’s unalterable digital audit trail, which can be retrieved by agencies on any report.
—ArsTechnica, 10 July 2025
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Sebastian Crossa, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
There's also an audit trail, to see, after the fact, who used them.
—John Wisely, Freep.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Since day one, whenever Draft One is used to generate an initial narrative, its use is stored in Axon Evidence’s unalterable digital audit trail, which can be retrieved by agencies on any report.
—ArsTechnica, 10 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for audit trail
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“Audit trail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/audit%20trail. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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