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
To explain why a gag is funny is to crush its soufflé evanescence.
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Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 19 Mar. 2025
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
Share [Findings] Researchers proposed replacing the paradigm of extinction with that of evanescence.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 22 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
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Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 19 Mar. 2025
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
Share [Findings] Researchers proposed replacing the paradigm of extinction with that of evanescence.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 22 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
See All Example Sentences for evanescence
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evanescence
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
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
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Personal stories of farewell, change, and the impermanence of life unfold above one of the world’s largest underground iron ore mines.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
12 Mar. 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,
26 Feb. 2026
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There’s a certain catch-as-catch-can ephemerality to this work, which tends to appear for quick two- or three-day engagements, sometimes in familiar places—Lincoln Center’s dizzying Festival of Firsts (in the David Rubenstein Atrium, through Oct. 23), for instance—and sometimes farther afield.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
17 Oct. 2025
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Also in Japan there is a strong connection and respect towards nature, people in Japan appreciate the ephemerality of it.—
Caterina De Biasio,
Vogue,
24 Sep. 2025
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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 21 Mar. 2026.
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