traceable

adjective

trace·​able ˈtrā-sə-bəl 

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

Examples of traceable in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There has been plenty of rightful crowing about the quagmire that is college athletics, most of it directly traceable to the money – the death of senior night, overrecruiting, tampering, transferring and what can only be described as a nearly uncrossable chasm between the haves and have nots. —Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 11 Mar. 2026

Blockchain authentication ensures that every transaction is traceable and immutable, giving creators a clear, real-time view of their royalties. —Jason Phillips, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026

Bemberg is produced in Japan from cotton linters, a pre-consumer byproduct of cottonseed oil, using a traceable closed-loop process. —Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 26 Feb. 2026

The project will consist of seven albums, released over seven months, each devoted to a genre — hip-hop, reggae, jazz, country, Haitian kompa, R&B — and each traceable to a pivotal moment in his career. —Emma Madden, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1646, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for traceable

• erasable
• replaceable
• untraceable
• irreplaceable