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

Everything else was current enough and traceable enough to not have any story remotely like that attached to it. —Peter White, Deadline, 16 June 2025

Then implement measures like explainable AI, traceable logic and selective human oversight. —Dimitar Dimitrov, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025

They are meant to have no traceable connection to you and to be used for a limited time. —Andy Greenberg, Wired News, 16 June 2025

In 2022, both the London Bullion Market Association and the World Gold Council launched a gold-bar integrity program that uses blockchain technology to make gold transactions more traceable. —Sasha Lezhnev, Foreign Affairs, 19 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1646, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for traceable

• erasable
• replaceable
• untraceable
• irreplaceable