as in curiosa
things that are important or useful for only a short time; items that were not meant to have lasting value
—usually plural
He has a large collection of old menus and other ephemera.
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Recent Examples of ephemera
Capturing the Civil War The images, diaries, and ephemera in Grand Valley State University’s Civil War and Slavery Collection reveal the cold realities of Abraham Lincoln’s world.
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JSTOR Daily, 15 Feb. 2025
That means no bit parts like The Slaughter Rule or The Ex, no direct-to-video ephemera like Cruel Intentions 2, and nothing that lacked a proper release.
—Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
What would otherwise be ephemera are, in Lynch’s hands, thought-out, experimental, and entirely in his voice.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2025
Kenny doesn’t think twice about stuffing furnishings from her treasure hunts into the back of her tiny Nissan Versa — she has been known to secure items with bungee cords — or repurposing everyday ephemera into something special.
—Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
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JSTOR Daily, 15 Feb. 2025
That means no bit parts like The Slaughter Rule or The Ex, no direct-to-video ephemera like Cruel Intentions 2, and nothing that lacked a proper release.
—Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
What would otherwise be ephemera are, in Lynch’s hands, thought-out, experimental, and entirely in his voice.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2025
Kenny doesn’t think twice about stuffing furnishings from her treasure hunts into the back of her tiny Nissan Versa — she has been known to secure items with bungee cords — or repurposing everyday ephemera into something special.
—Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ephemera
Noun
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The Future of Luxury Is American For decades, automotive status symbols have been dictated by a European vision of luxury: low-slung exotics that demand pristine roads and attract as much attention as possible.—
Robb Report Studio,
Robb Report,
8 Mar. 2025
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The fish species are in constant flux, and this location is often dominated by exotics.—
Alan Taylor,
The Atlantic,
25 Feb. 2025
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But there’s much more to the apartment than a mere accumulation of objets de vertu.—
Mayer Rus,
Architectural Digest,
21 Jan. 2025
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Crawford is an inveterate collector, a hunter-gatherer par excellence, and her home is a testament to decades spent amassing oddities and objets de vertu of every stripe.—
Mayer Rus,
Architectural Digest,
28 June 2024
Noun
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Season 2 was a vast improvement, however, which is a rarity in TV.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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The world’s biggest clubs breaking their revenue records is hardly a rarity, but the extent of the improvement in their case was remarkable: turnover hit £616.6million in 2023-24, an annual increase of £150m, nearly a third.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
The Athletic,
20 Mar. 2025
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Opening on Valentine’s Day, Jacqueline Sullivan’s new show is all about cups: as cherished wedding gifts, antiques sitting in your grandmother’s curio cabinet, detritus at the garage sale, and collectibles reinvented by contemporary artists.—
Morgan Meier,
Curbed,
12 Feb. 2025
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The former became a cult curio; the latter remained unreleased until 2002.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
7 Jan. 2025
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“Ephemera.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ephemera. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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