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How to use traceable in a sentence

10 example sentences · adjective

Traceable means capable of being traced; possible to track down. Example: “There was no traceable evidence left when the detectives arrived.”

Examples of traceable by meaning

adjectiveCapable of being traced; possible to track down.

  • There was no traceable evidence left when the detectives arrived.
  • Homosexuality is easily traceable in India.1927, Havelock Ellis, Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6)
  • The course of the abandoned line is still clearly traceable.1951 January, “Notes and News: Parsonstown & Portumna Bridge Rly.”, in Railway Magazine, page 64

More sentences with traceable

  • The problem is more prevalent in the evenings and is easily traceable to voltage fluctuations.1986 March, A. Subrahmanyam, “Special Feature: Circuit Ideas: Troublesome Tubelight”, in Ramesh Chopra, editor, Electronics for You…. From the entry tubelight
  • One type of water fear harbored by many youngsters is directly traceable to an unfortunate childhood experience.1947, The Journal of Health and Physical Education, volume 18, page 304. From the entry water fear
  • For one thing, all the articles seemed to be traceable to a single ur-source, an article in Yonhap news (link in Korean).2017, Euny Hong, Please stop saying the Japanese are descended from Koreans. From the entry ur-source
  • The disadvantage to this form of copyrighting is that your work is not traceable for anyone who is interested in acquiring information regarding copyright ownership.1997, Marc Davison, All Area Access: Personal Management for Unsigned Musicians, →ISBN, page 171. From the entry copyright
  • The firm you dealt with will go to the courts, and the money, being directly traceable, will be held forfeit as no good consideration passed.1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados. From the entry consideration
  • It’s important to make the gender traceable point that she-bagging (women with endless bags spread out across train seats and floors) is not the female equivalent to manspreading.2016 May, Charlie Bauer Phd, “Charlie Says”, in Gscene, page 56. From the entry she-bagging
  • The rise of French symbolism towards the end of the 'seventies was a symptom of a changed temper of thought and feeling traceable in some degree throughout civilized Europe.1920, C. H. Herford, “Recent tendencies in European poetry”, in Francis Sydney Marvin, editor, Recent Developments in European Thought. From the entry symbolism

Meaning of traceable

  1. adjective Capable of being traced; possible to track down.
  2. adjective Containing a Hamiltonian path.

Full definition of traceable

Questions about traceable in a sentence

How do you use traceable in a sentence?
Traceable is used as an adjective. For example: “There was no traceable evidence left when the detectives arrived.”
What is a short sentence with traceable?
“Homosexuality is easily traceable in India.”
What does traceable mean?
Traceable means capable of being traced; possible to track down.

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