paper trail

Noun

Meaning

the written evidence of someone's activities

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

paper-trail

Synonyms

testament argument proof demonstration confirmation clue written history textual evidence written record administrative forms documented evidence printed record records of someone's activities series of written records clerical records

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Hypernyms

written account written record

Related terms

audit trail data trail

Examples

Touch screen voting is a fine thing so long as they have a voter-verified paper trail. Joan Blades

The Sizemores are the laughing stock of wannabee genealogy. They claim Cherokee descent, but their paper trail shows them to be white. Lisa Alther

Could it be as simple as that? Could love be not grand gestures or empty vows, not promises meant to be broken, but instead a paper trail of forgiveness? A line of crumbs made of memories, to lead you back to the person who was waiting? Jodi Picoult

I'd like people to be educated on the voting machines, making sure that our democracy isn't being hijacked by computer technology. There's no reason there can't be a paper trail on those machines. Eddie Vedder

this paper trail consisted mainly of electronically stored information Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

paper town paper township paper trade paper tulip paper used for printing paper used for writing