as in transience
the state or quality of lasting only for a short time
a poem about the ephemerality of beauty
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Recent Examples of ephemerality
Spirit's ephemerality is so visible that even Saturday Night Live poked fun at its transience in a recent sketch.
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Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 29 Oct. 2024
In many ways, nature serves as the ultimate metaphor for fashion—its rebirth, renewal, and cyclicity, as well as its transience, ephemerality, and evanescence.
—Irene Kim, Vogue, 28 June 2024
There’s an appreciation of life and its ephemerality, a belief in the essential beauty of it all.
—Dustin Nelson, SPIN, 28 June 2024
Between the exhibit and the dress code, there were several avenues for guests to explore, from the more esoteric (ephemerality, preservation, degradation, fragility) to the literal (time, gardens).
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 7 May 2024
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Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 29 Oct. 2024
In many ways, nature serves as the ultimate metaphor for fashion—its rebirth, renewal, and cyclicity, as well as its transience, ephemerality, and evanescence.
—Irene Kim, Vogue, 28 June 2024
There’s an appreciation of life and its ephemerality, a belief in the essential beauty of it all.
—Dustin Nelson, SPIN, 28 June 2024
Between the exhibit and the dress code, there were several avenues for guests to explore, from the more esoteric (ephemerality, preservation, degradation, fragility) to the literal (time, gardens).
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 7 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ephemerality
Noun
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Also memorable is an earlier image while still in Hamburg, in Sarah’s apartment, where the passing trains through the window underline the overall feeling of transience.—
Jay D. Weissberg,
Deadline,
19 Feb. 2025
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The transience of childhood gives way to a permanence that defines adulthood.—
Rick Tumlinson,
Space.com,
23 Jan. 2025
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Even the deepest love songs, though, have this sort of sense of the possible impermanence of relationships, and the definite impermanence of life, while still really wanting to be in the moment and relish that love.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
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Once human, Akaza became a demon in his obsession with strength, unable to accept the impermanence of life.—
Ronald S. Green,
The Conversation,
24 Mar. 2025
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To explain why a gag is funny is to crush its soufflé evanescence.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
TIME,
19 Mar. 2025
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The Stranger with its exploration of another facet of exile and belonging, this time set on a flood-prone German island that exists in a perpetual struggle between evanescence and permanence.—
Jay D. Weissberg,
Deadline,
19 Feb. 2025
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But transiency in the back of the bullpen extends well beyond Woodward’s arrival.—
Dallas News,
Dallas News,
27 July 2022
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The council will hold a workshop outlining strategies and efforts to remedy homelessness and transiency in the city.—
Laura Groch,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Feb. 2021
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“Ephemerality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ephemerality. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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