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The Minneapolis Journal said the mob put “an effaceable stain on the name of Minnesota.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2020

It is to be remembered, however, that there is an image of God inseparable from human nature, and not effaceable by any obscuring or disturbance caused by sin.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John by Maclaren, Alexander

This would leave footprints, and often scratches and heel-marks on the beautiful steps, which meant extra work for Jane; and even then the scratches were not always effaceable.

From Marjorie's Vacation by Wells, Carolyn

Every effaceable trace and relic of national history was carefully wiped away,—the system of administration, the physical divisions of the country, the classes of society, the corporations, the weights and measures, the calendar.

From The History of Freedom by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron

And if his fault was effaceable, might not her husband's be effaceable as well?

From Eden An Episode by Saltus, Edgar