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
Those records are now asides and ephemera, not events.
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David Browne, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2025
Inside, the place is as decrepit as Julian, every corner cluttered with canvases, papers and enough dusty ephemera to warm the heart of any hoarder.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
And though a health crisis is a valid subject for drama, the effect of this one is to make the fashion-world ephemera that fills up the rest of the movie seem even more inconsequential.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 9 Sep. 2025
Across from the station is the Cooper Museum, a wunderkammer-style collection that spans everything from indigenous artifacts to local ephemera to pop culture items.
—Liz Ohanesian, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
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David Browne, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2025
Inside, the place is as decrepit as Julian, every corner cluttered with canvases, papers and enough dusty ephemera to warm the heart of any hoarder.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
And though a health crisis is a valid subject for drama, the effect of this one is to make the fashion-world ephemera that fills up the rest of the movie seem even more inconsequential.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 9 Sep. 2025
Across from the station is the Cooper Museum, a wunderkammer-style collection that spans everything from indigenous artifacts to local ephemera to pop culture items.
—Liz Ohanesian, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ephemera
Noun
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Native to Brazil and other South American and Central American countries, colorful peacock bass were stocked in South Florida canals in the mid-1980s by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to control the population of undesirable exotics like tilapia.—
Steve Waters,
Miami Herald,
10 Oct. 2025
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European exotics were also present.—
Keenan Thompson,
USA Today,
25 Sep. 2025
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For high-profile travelers, specifically, the appeal lies in the rarity and rawness of the experience.—
Brad Japhe,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Oct. 2025
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But actually finding these fossils is a rarity.—
Regina G. Barber,
NPR,
24 Oct. 2025
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Each video, on its own, is a digital curio, the value of which drops to zero after the initial view.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
20 Oct. 2025
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Made in Ancient Egypt, which opened this month at Cambridge’s Fitzwilliam Museum, features commemorative stela, golden coffins and masks, and sundry curios created in a style that changed very little down the centuries.—
Brendan Ruberry,
semafor.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Ephemera.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ephemera. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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