as in temporariness
the state or quality of lasting only for a short time
the momentariness of the pain from the needle prick hardly compares to the lasting good feelings that a blood donor experiences
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Noun
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Inspired by Bengali wedding tents and incorporating four sculptural capsules, this pavilion looks at themes of impermanence, light, and connection.—
Felicity Carter,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025 -
Yet, Fujimoto also notes that impermanence has always been a feature of Japanese architecture.—
Hanako Montgomery,
CNN Money,
10 Apr. 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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Fallen blossoms whisper on the damp earth, a fleeting poem of transience.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
1 May 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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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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Flowers are often emblems of ephemerality and mortality, as in the vanitas paintings so common in 17th-century Europe, where elaborate bouquets were often paired with skulls, fruit, and other reminders that blooming and decaying, life and death, are inseparable.—
Rebecca Solnit
October 19,
Literary Hub,
19 Oct. 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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“Momentariness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/momentariness. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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