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

Dataiku is built around that formula — bringing domain experts into the AI building process, connecting models, agents and data across multi-vendor environments and providing the governance and visibility leaders need to keep every AI decision traceable and defensible. — Forbes.com, 23 June 2026

The pattern is traceable online, with stories shared on the growing online petition. — Sabrina Franza, CBS News, 23 June 2026

Taiwan was also the first traceable point of the passing of the many Austronesian languages, said Victoria Chen, a senior lecturer at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. — Wayne Chang, CNN Money, 17 June 2026

Some of the land involved is traceable to Albanian-American businessman Artur Shehu, who has been implicated in several court cases related to these properties. — Marzio G. Mian, Vanity Fair, 16 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1646, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for traceable

• erasable
• replaceable
• untraceable
• irreplaceable