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
During the gutting of the 100-year-old theater, the filmmaker John Wilson stopped by to scour for ephemera — posters, chairs, anything.
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Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 9 Apr. 2025
Sales of the set were bolstered by its availability across more than 20 CD variants (all containing collectible paper ephemera, some randomized).
—Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 23 Mar. 2025
On the ephemera, memories and images that symbolize the Community Center:
Antoinette is my grandmother who passed away in 2012.
—Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Woven around these, the story is told by 30 items of archival ephemera, including original bottles, heritage products, packaging, and artworks.
—Gemma A. Williams, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
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Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 9 Apr. 2025
Sales of the set were bolstered by its availability across more than 20 CD variants (all containing collectible paper ephemera, some randomized).
—Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 23 Mar. 2025
On the ephemera, memories and images that symbolize the Community Center:
Antoinette is my grandmother who passed away in 2012.
—Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Woven around these, the story is told by 30 items of archival ephemera, including original bottles, heritage products, packaging, and artworks.
—Gemma A. Williams, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ephemera
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With one of the country’s best jockeys in the saddle and one of its most esteemed trainers behind her, don’t overlook her, especially underneath in vertical exotics. 4.—
Teresa Genaro,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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Eschewing runways for a closed public road, the annual Sun Valley Tour de Force, next taking place July 17 through 19 in Ketchum, Idaho, allows enthusiasts to test the limits of their own exotics, such as the owner of a Bugatti Chiron who reached 253.01 mph on a previous edition’s 3.2-mile stretch.—
Viju Mathew,
Robb Report,
13 Apr. 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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Those are rarities throughout the last 6,000 years of recorded history.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
6 May 2025
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That is the point, as MSNBC for the first time builds out its own news division, a rarity for linear TV these days, while retaining a lineup of primetime progressive hosts.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
5 May 2025
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But that hasn’t stopped some weird curios from sneaking through.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Apr. 2025
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Here’s why March 30, 2025 12:00 AM Entertainment Historic photos show Hallmark’s growth to giant of cards, curios and entertainment March 29, 2025 5:30 AM See all stories The Kansas City Star J.M. Banks is The Star’s culture and identity reporter.—
J.M. Banks,
Kansas City Star,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Ephemera.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ephemera. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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