as in indelible
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Recent Examples of ineffaceable
The relic, with ghostly, ineffaceable traces of the original handiwork, is in the show.
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Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 29 May 2017
Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 29 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ineffaceable
Adjective
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From to his record-breaking scores and tech-savvy approach, Woods has left an indelible mark on golf.—
Devlina Sarkar,
Newsweek,
14 Mar. 2025
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It’s been six years since Leaving Neverland left an indelible impression on Michael Jackson’s legacy.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
13 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Overall, the small gap in pre-puberty performance doesn’t seem like strong evidence of ineradicable differences between males and females.—
Alex Hutchinson,
Outside Online,
30 Jan. 2025
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But the question upon which second chances rely is this: What kind of conversations can our ineradicable guilt make possible, or even inspire?—
Adam Phillips,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Apr. 2024
Adjective
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As art historian Nell Andrew writes in the exhibition catalog, the indissoluble coupling of music and dance proved influential in Orphism’s pictorial tendencies (much in the way that figure and ground often prove indistinguishable in Orphic imagery).—
Ara H. Merjian,
ARTnews.com,
3 Sep. 2019
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They are linked in an essential, indissoluble bond.—
Llewellyn King,
Forbes,
28 Nov. 2023
Adjective
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Each time he’s killed testing the alien atmosphere for viruses or absorbing massive amounts of radiation on a space walk, he’s resurrected in a printing machine in what amounts to a hilariously terrible immortal drudgery.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
7 Mar. 2025
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In subsequent retcons and embellishments over the years, before the Big Bang occurred for the seventh round, Galan was infused with the glowing omnipotent essence of the Sentience of the Cosmos to become the immortal being Galactus.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The grittiness of this powder can cause the stone to lose its shine or have permanent scratches.—
Lauren David,
Southern Living,
26 Mar. 2025
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Also, José Ramírez seems like a permanent threat to win this, even though he’s never actually come out on top.—
Keith Law,
New York Times,
26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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For it is a law of nature that if a deathless copy is produced, waste must follow; and that waste from such copies results in the death of real, living nature.—
Maria Balaska,
TIME,
25 Jan. 2025
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Fire and water have hogged the spotlight for too long; smoke has its own glamour, its own deathless wriggle.—
Jackson Arn,
The New Yorker,
2 Jan. 2025
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“Ineffaceable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ineffaceable. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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