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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for momentariness
Noun
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Embrace Impermanence And Gratitude A final Stoic lesson is the acceptance of impermanence.—
Andrew Rosen,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026 -
These back-to-back deaths left an indelible mark on me, and forced me to reckon with my own impermanence.—
Mary Honkus,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Luzzatto said the relative shortness of that term is scaring away capital.—
Matthew Geiger,
Denver Post,
19 Sep. 2025
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February was deemed an appropriate time for a special observance of Black history not because of the shortness of the month, but instead to coincide with the birthdays of abolitionist Frederick Douglass and President Abraham Lincoln, who issued the Emancipation Proclamation.—
Scott Talley,
Freep.com,
15 Feb. 2025
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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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The bond between [the lead characters] is a prism through which to experience both the transience and the permanence of what matters most to us in life.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2026
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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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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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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 28 Jan. 2026.
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