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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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There were indelible clutch moments and absolutely bonkers endings.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
10 Jan. 2026
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Her experience represents the dichotomy of the J-1 visa, at times an indelible, life-altering opportunity to travel to a new country, meet people from all over the world and earn a little money along the way.—
Sam Tabachnik,
Denver Post,
6 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Any novel about a train is a study of society and its ineradicable divisions.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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To be raped is to confront this particular evil, a staining, ineradicable harm that is not reducible to physical, or even psychological, trauma.—
Sarah Beckwith,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
Adjective
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They are linked in an essential, indissoluble bond.—
Llewellyn King,
Forbes,
28 Nov. 2023
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The love trial ended in mutual frustration, but their bond was indissoluble.—
Charles McNultyTheater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Nov. 2022
Adjective
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Sure, playing Kingo, the buff immortal hero moonlighting as a Bollywood star in 2021’s Eternals — the first South Asian superhero in a Marvel movie, by the way — required a (now-viral) physical transformation.—
Kylie Gilbert,
InStyle,
6 Jan. 2026
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Mezzo-soprano Samantha Hankey leaves her mark on the immortal song cycle under the auspices of Art Song Chicago (formerly the Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago).—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The museum team searched throughout Overtown for permanent exhibition space.—
Dorothy Jenkins Fields,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
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The kiosk will not have permanent power or plumbing.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Brides finds Sally Bishop (Cooke) and her husband on a trip to Northern Italy in 1961, where they get stranded at a remote villa run by the enigmatic Vova (Lawtey), who presides over a household of beautiful, deathless women (Turner-Smith, Prettejohn) and their caretaker (Gorman).—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
23 Oct. 2025
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Karma wins in the end, but so does fiction—and there, waiting for the right moment to make a pass from your nightstand, the Shining Prince is truly deathless.—
Casey Cep,
New Yorker,
6 June 2025
Cite this Entry
“Ineffaceable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ineffaceable. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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