as in memorable
not easily forgotten
winning the state basketball championship was our team's most indelible experience
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Recent Examples of indelible
His contributions over more than 30 years at Penn State left an indelible mark on generations of our students, his colleagues, and many others in our community — from the sidelines, to the classroom, to the laboratory, and to the exam room.
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Mike Darnay, CBS News, 6 May 2026
The cats and the bananas, the Japanese dessert, the colorful street art, the soldiers in their marvelous uniforms—these memories are as indelible as those of the ancient ruins.
—Sarah Manguso, Travel + Leisure, 2 May 2026
The best ones can place in your mind’s eye an indelible image of an inaccessible summit, a raging waterfall, or a lonely desert.
—Emma Sarappo, The Atlantic, 1 May 2026
His tight chord stabs, jazzy voicings and glinting tone are an indelible sonic signature, up there with Louis Armstrong’s trumpet blasts and Aretha Franklin’s rolling, tolling gospel piano.
—New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
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Mike Darnay, CBS News, 6 May 2026
The cats and the bananas, the Japanese dessert, the colorful street art, the soldiers in their marvelous uniforms—these memories are as indelible as those of the ancient ruins.
—Sarah Manguso, Travel + Leisure, 2 May 2026
The best ones can place in your mind’s eye an indelible image of an inaccessible summit, a raging waterfall, or a lonely desert.
—Emma Sarappo, The Atlantic, 1 May 2026
His tight chord stabs, jazzy voicings and glinting tone are an indelible sonic signature, up there with Louis Armstrong’s trumpet blasts and Aretha Franklin’s rolling, tolling gospel piano.
—New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for indelible
memorable
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Clark's adventures become all the more memorable because of his interactions and assistance from pals like Pete Ross (Sam Jones III), Chloe Sullivan (Allison Mack), and even frenemy Lex Luthor (Michael Rosenbaum) in the earlier seasons.—
Sergio Pereira,
Space.com,
13 May 2026
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That philosophy has produced some of the festival’s most memorable imagery.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
12 May 2026
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“Indelible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indelible. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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