as in shortness
the state or quality of lasting only for a short time
the evanescence of a rainbow detracts not a whit from its beauty
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Recent Examples of evanescence
Share [Findings] Researchers proposed replacing the paradigm of extinction with that of evanescence.
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Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 22 Jan. 2025
Share [Findings] Researchers proposed replacing the paradigm of extinction with that of evanescence.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
How will societies grapple with the evanescence of human decision-making and the disintermediation of other vocational activities?
—Douglas B. Laney, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
Share [Findings] Researchers proposed replacing the paradigm of extinction with that of evanescence.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
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Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 22 Jan. 2025
Share [Findings] Researchers proposed replacing the paradigm of extinction with that of evanescence.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
How will societies grapple with the evanescence of human decision-making and the disintermediation of other vocational activities?
—Douglas B. Laney, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
Share [Findings] Researchers proposed replacing the paradigm of extinction with that of evanescence.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for evanescence
Noun
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Autumn Winter ‘25 is a meditation on transience aided by several sources from Proust to Bentley.—
Gemma A. Williams,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
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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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Buddhism teaches impermanence as a path to compassion and non-attachment.—
Greg Orme,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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Bringing this piece to the Bangkok Experimental Film Festival is important because this city, this region, understands impermanence.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
22 Jan. 2025
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Jia’s sense of the ephemerality of the medium, and of the world that the medium reflects, has seldom been more stirringly profound.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
2 May 2025
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Through that love and care, and ephemerality and movement over permanence and rigidity.—
Maximilíano Durón,
ARTnews.com,
3 Mar. 2025
Noun
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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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“Evanescence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evanescence. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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