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
The actor, who died on Aug. 17 at 87, was the very pulse of the Swinging Sixties: a working-class kid who became a cultural icon, only to defy the ephemerality of fame with a career that spanned six decades, morphing from heartthrob to one of the most versatile character actors of his time.
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Daniel Ross Goodman, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025
Yet even in its ephemerality, dumb dumb culture can offer catharsis, laughter or distraction — which, in the right moment, can feel like salvation.
—Arkansas Online, 14 Aug. 2025
In the 21st century, an array of avant-garde fashion designers have been drawn to the beauty and ephemerality of glass, which serves as a meta commentary on the transience of fashion—and life itself.
—Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 July 2025
The statistic is notoriously volatile, and averaging such a short period only exacerbates its ephemerality.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2025
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Daniel Ross Goodman, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025
Yet even in its ephemerality, dumb dumb culture can offer catharsis, laughter or distraction — which, in the right moment, can feel like salvation.
—Arkansas Online, 14 Aug. 2025
In the 21st century, an array of avant-garde fashion designers have been drawn to the beauty and ephemerality of glass, which serves as a meta commentary on the transience of fashion—and life itself.
—Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 July 2025
The statistic is notoriously volatile, and averaging such a short period only exacerbates its ephemerality.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ephemerality
Noun
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An objective, multi faceted gaze into past tragedies and today’s transiences.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
15 Mar. 2026
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This transience helps The Darling stay fresh, allowing guests to engage with works at the cutting-edge of the Danish art scene.—
Stephanie Gavan,
Vogue,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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How much of his life, his desperate desire for success, greatness, had been prompted by his shortness?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Mar. 2026
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The team’s mean average height is 6-foot-4 due to the notable shortness of main rotation guards Tre Jones (6-foot-1) and Rob Dillingham (6-foot-2) and two-way guards Yuki Kawamura (5-foot-7) and Mac McClung (6-foot-2).—
Colleen Kane,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026
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Co-created with local parents and their young children, the show explores the joys and impermanence of raising children, carrying children through life and witnessing a child’s journey.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Apr. 2026
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There is impermanence in this relationship, necessarily.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
13 Apr. 2026
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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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That is everybody in college basketball in an era of transaction and transiency that has been compared to unlimited free agency without a salary cap.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Apr. 2026
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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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“Ephemerality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ephemerality. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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