as in transience
the state or quality of lasting only for a short time
the ancient Roman ruins are a telling reminder of the impermanence of even the grandest man-made constructions
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Recent Examples of impermanence
Bringing this piece to the Bangkok Experimental Film Festival is important because this city, this region, understands impermanence.
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 Jan. 2025
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
Cherry blossoms, fall leaves, and seasonal changes provide visual metaphors for impermanence.
—Martine Paris, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Even the deepest love songs, though, have this sort of sense of the possible impermanence of relationships, and the definite impermanence of life, while still really wanting to be in the moment and relish that love.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 Jan. 2025
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
Cherry blossoms, fall leaves, and seasonal changes provide visual metaphors for impermanence.
—Martine Paris, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Even the deepest love songs, though, have this sort of sense of the possible impermanence of relationships, and the definite impermanence of life, while still really wanting to be in the moment and relish that love.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impermanence
Noun
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Fallen blossoms whisper on the damp earth, a fleeting poem of transience.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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While these two exhibits may feel distinct, for Suh, all of his work interrogates the boundaries between personal and public space, and the conditions that force transience or enable permanence.—
Megan Williams,
CNN Money,
1 May 2025
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Jia’s sense of the ephemerality of the medium, and of the world that the medium reflects, has seldom been more stirringly profound.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
2 May 2025
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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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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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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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“Impermanence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impermanence. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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