as in flash
lasting only for a short time
had a fleeting desire to jump into the cool lake but kept on hiking
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Recent Examples of fleeting
The very nature of life is fleeting.
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Gillian Telling, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
An all-new optical formula cuts significant size and weight away from the original, and linear motors provide the instant focus required to capture fleeting, candid moments.
—PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2025
But without the right cultural conditions, even the best ideas may remain just a fleeting comment once mentioned by the water cooler.
—Iese Business School, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The potential reunion was fleeting, however, after Marr left to Mexico to tour with the Cribs.
—Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2025
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Gillian Telling, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
An all-new optical formula cuts significant size and weight away from the original, and linear motors provide the instant focus required to capture fleeting, candid moments.
—PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2025
But without the right cultural conditions, even the best ideas may remain just a fleeting comment once mentioned by the water cooler.
—Iese Business School, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The potential reunion was fleeting, however, after Marr left to Mexico to tour with the Cribs.
—Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for fleeting
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fleeting
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What To Know A map shared by the NWS on Facebook showed a broad corridor of flash-flood risk spanning the Western states and Southern Plains.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Aug. 2025
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The emerging miners, exposed directly to the flash during its first split second, were covered in flash-absorbing black.—
Charles Pellegrino,
Rolling Stone,
6 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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In a brief video snippet accompanying the post, Cyrus is seen in close-up staring directly into the camera while wearing what looks like surgical gauze around her chin and head as more white material is blown by a breeze around her face.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
16 Sep. 2025
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Broader market reactions have been muted, barring brief spikes in oil prices when Israel entered direct confrontations with Hamas’ crude-rich patron Iran and with other of Tehran’s proxies, such as Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and Yemen’s Houthis.—
Ruxandra Iordache,Emma Graham,
CNBC,
16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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There is, actually, another category of nail lovers that has emerged in recent years, and those are people who swear by temporary press-ons.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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Cook sued over the firing, being granted a temporary restraining order by Judge Jia Cobb last week.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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In healthy people, a transient increase in the morning blood pressure is normal and generally of no concern.—
MD Published,
Verywell Health,
13 Sep. 2025
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That promise now feels increasingly tenuous; few of the permanent employees have been hired yet, the complex is still under construction, and most of the workforce are transient staff on temporary visas or contracts – like the ones swept up by ICE.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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Fitzgerald immediately worked his way into the safety rotation, playing snaps in select situations of the Hurricanes’ season-opening win over the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and has gained more playing time each passing week.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
17 Sep. 2025
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Wide receiver Rashee Rice, arguably their biggest threat in their passing game, has served two games of his six-game suspension, and Thornton has filled in nicely for Rice so far.—
Robert Marvi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Some of the behavior of the economy in the 2nd quarter was anticipatory, and transitory.—
George Calhoun,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Since Rahm Emanuel left office after two terms as Chicago mayor, this city has grown the size of its government even as its leaders knew federal aid was transitory and the exorbitant bill to shore up Chicago’s underfunded pensions only would grow for the foreseeable future.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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For two days, climbers and onlookers gathered around a 45-foot wall—an ephemeral monument suspended above water—where the edges between sport, spectacle, and cultural communion blurred.—
Skylar Mitchell,
Essence,
9 Sep. 2025
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Stage acting is the most ephemeral of the classical performing arts.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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What can any of us make of our momentary intimate lives in such an immense world, with equally immense unknowns, mysteries as great as death or the whale, as deep as love or the ocean, as sad and beautiful as a jellyfish torn and glistening in a small fortress of shore rock?—
Natalie Diaz
September 11,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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In a luxury market crowded with momentary noise, Coach has chosen cultural stages that echo.—
Kate Hardcastle,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Fleeting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fleeting. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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