as in shortness
the state or quality of lasting only for a short time
nothing makes the fleetingness of summer more apparent than the arrival of Labor Day
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Noun
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Autumn Winter ‘25 is a meditation on transience aided by several sources from Proust to Bentley.—
Gemma A. Williams,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025 -
Also memorable is an earlier image while still in Hamburg, in Sarah’s apartment, where the passing trains through the window underline the overall feeling of transience.—
Jay D. Weissberg,
Deadline,
19 Feb. 2025
Noun
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In its charred outside, we its impermanence, and also the contradiction that a charred piece of wood is more fireproof than a living tree.—
Tom Teicholz,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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Cherry blossoms, fall leaves, and seasonal changes provide visual metaphors for impermanence.—
Martine Paris,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Through that love and care, and ephemerality and movement over permanence and rigidity.—
Maximilíano Durón,
ARTnews.com,
3 Mar. 2025
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There’s an ephemerality to the theatrical experience.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Mar. 2025
Noun
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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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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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“Fleetingness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fleetingness. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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