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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 married duo of restaurateur Tracy Vaught and chef Hugo Ortega has made an indelible mark on Space City’s dining scene, populating Houston with Mexican restaurants that each tackle different subgenres of the cuisine.—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
16 June 2026
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Both good and bad films alike can be guilty of crafting an indelible opening sequence that makes everything else pale in comparison.—
Brianna Zigler,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 June 2026
Adjective
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Here is Strout at her most emotionally precise, capturing a universal human longing in a single ineradicable image.—
Julia M. Klein,
Los Angeles Times,
5 May 2026
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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
Adjective
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But his wife seems cool and his son distant, and 57-year-old Artie is plagued by an indissoluble loneliness that tempts him to end his life.—
Julia M. Klein,
Los Angeles Times,
5 May 2026
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They are linked in an essential, indissoluble bond.—
Llewellyn King,
Forbes,
28 Nov. 2023
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In his bid to control the narrative, Lestat becomes an immortal glam rocker who launches a music tour and enlists the same journalist — newly turned into a vampire — to direct and film a music documentary about his life.—
Yvonne Villarreal,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
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The 1962 film version featured the immortal lineup of Gregory Peck playing lawyer Sam Bowden and Robert Mitchum as ex-con Max Cady.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
12 June 2026
Adjective
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O’Brien advised them to build a large, permanent air-force base, and to keep frigates on rotation in the Nuuk harbor, as a deterrent to the Russian and Chinese navies.—
Ben Taub,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
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But the attack never came and hours later, plans for the United States and Iran to sign a more permanent ceasefire deal in Geneva were being announced.—
Matt Bradley,
NBC news,
15 June 2026
Adjective
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There is the deathless debate around the compatibility — or otherwise — of winning and entertaining.—
The Athletic Staff,
New York Times,
15 Feb. 2026
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This is the Christ showing, revealing, lighting the world so bright that the man of God’s creating must be seen – free of sin, free of disease, deathless, eternal.—
Kit Cornell Kurtz,
Christian Science Monitor,
25 Nov. 2025
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“Ineffaceable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ineffaceable. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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