traceable

adjective

trace·​able ˈtrā-sə-bəl How to pronounce traceable (audio)
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

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For now, scientists at the IAU consider anything with a traceable orbit around a host body good enough to be a moon, as the New York Times reports. — Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Mar. 2025 The resulting cellulosic fiber is circular, fully traceable, biodegradable and compostable with a reduced carbon and water footprint. — Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 31 Dec. 2024 The collection comprises 18kt white gold and traceable diamond earrings, cuffs, ear studs, a tennis bracelet, rings and a necklace in a refined and stylized interpretation of the reptile that had buyers in raptures at the brand’s Paris Fashion Week showcase this week. — Kate Matthams, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025 But temporary plates — real and fake — aren’t traceable, Murray said. — Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 6 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for traceable

Word History

First Known Use

1646, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of traceable was in 1646

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