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  1. Effacing

    of Efface

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of effacing in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of effacing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of effacing in a Sentence

  1. Ryan McKinley:

    I am not one for pulling downstatuesor effacing the evidence of history – even if that history is one we would like to forget, he said. But it’s good that it’s not entirely effacing the past, and perhaps [the museum is] as good a place as any for it. this effort has been a years-long process by many different parties through students and staff.

  2. Ken Burns:

    I'd put her on the Mount Rushmore right away, dolly Parton voice is one of the greatest gifts from God any singer has ever been bestowed with. Dolly Parton is a phenomenal song writer... Dolly Parton's Dolly Parton and Dolly Parton's funny and Dolly Parton's self-effacing. Dolly Parton's a good human being. Dolly Parton makes fun of Dolly Parton. So Dolly Parton's the total package, as somebody says in the film.

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