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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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The special’s jazz soundtrack, created by Vince Guaraldi, also became an indelible part of the holiday season for many Americans.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
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Furthermore, this award celebrates visionaries — artists who break barriers, redefine standards and leave an indelible mark on the music industry.—
Griselda Flores,
Billboard,
29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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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
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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
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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Similarly, corporations in the real world can be viewed as immortal, nonbiological organisms driven to grow, consume resources, and protect themselves.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
29 Sep. 2025
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The options were powerful, immortal, stranger or wanderer.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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China has historically maintained strict immigration policies, tightly restricting low-skilled workers with limited paths to permanent residency for foreigners.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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Trump has fueled additional uncertainty by suggesting that his administration could use the shutdown to impose permanent cuts to the federal workforce and social programs.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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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
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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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“Ineffaceable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ineffaceable. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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