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

The simmer mellows the vinegar and soy sauce into a sauce interlaced with pepper, garlic and something herbal but not immediately traceable — that’s the bay leaves. —The New York Times News Service Syndicate, The Denver Post, 27 Jan. 2025

Positioned as a poverty alleviation tool, the project caters to safety-conscious urban consumers willing to pay premium prices for traceable food products. —Andrey Sergeenkov, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024

Paka also has an emphasis on sustainable sourcing, and all of their alpaca fibers are traceable. —Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 11 Feb. 2025

Now comes a cataclysm in the country’s foremost blue state that is traceable, in part, to irrational progressive priorities and may prove a millstone around the neck of one of the foremost talents on the Democratic bench, California governor Gavin Newsom. —Rich Lowry, National Review, 15 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1646, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for traceable

• erasable
• replaceable
• untraceable
• irreplaceable