indelibly

as in forever
for all time the advertiser hopes that the slogan will be indelibly imprinted on consumers' memories

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Recent Examples of indelibly One of the milestones marked indelibly in my mind is the first birthday party my toddler son attended at the home of one of his three-year-old preschool classmates. Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025 There was Lee Marvin’s Point Blank, and he was indelibly stamped in that 1967 production. Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025 The supporting cast makes their mark, if less indelibly. Leila Latif, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025 By the time anyone recognizes the flaws, they won’t just be baked into a formula; they’ll be indelibly built into the infrastructure of care. Craig Spencer, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2025 For them, the image of ‘crying in Turin’ being invoked by fans of the club indelibly associated with the most dreadful event in its history will cut deep. Simon Hughes, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025 Few photographers have shaped the visual language of celebrity, culture and politics as indelibly as Annie Leibovitz. Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for indelibly
Adverb
  • Marshawn will forever be a part of the Bronco brotherhood.
    Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Miles Teller, Elizabeth Olsen and Callum Turner get their rom-com on for new A24 film Eternity, which follows a woman who, in the afterlife, must choose to spend forever with her longtime husband or her first love, who died young and waited decades for her.
    Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2025
Adverb
  • For Native people, the war marked a dangerous fork in the road, stirring famine, spurring a massive refugee crisis, and permanently shifting the balance of power in the heart of the continent.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
  • World leaders come to the White House for Oval Office sit-downs almost every week; negotiations over tariffs are permanently front and center.
    Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 7 Nov. 2025
Adverb
  • Researchers also discovered that dark energy had not always been dominant, appearing to begin its rule and start speeding up the expansion of the universe around 5 billion years ago, or roughly 9 billion years after the Big Bang.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The best leaders question assumptions, reimagine progress and always keep humanity at their core.
    Kelly Jones, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
Adverb
  • Elegant, confident and eternally expressive, both make a stylish pair, effortlessly turning heads while basking in the adoration.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Along the way, the protagonist must also find a way to lift the curse on his eternally slumbering friend, who happens to be the prince.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2025

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“Indelibly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indelibly. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.

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