as in brief
lasting only for a short time
the skier's triumph turned out to be short-lived, as the next competitor bested her time
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Recent Examples of short-lived
However, that was short-lived and after a wave of backlash, the late night show returned to air.
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Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 7 Oct. 2025
But the Yankees' sense of vindication may be short-lived.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
Compared to the solar wind, which is always blowing, coronal mass ejections are short-lived but extreme.
—Samuel Badman, The Conversation, 6 Oct. 2025
In 2005, his effort to launch womenswear was short-lived with the Sean by Sean Combs line shuttering within a year.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for short-lived
Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 7 Oct. 2025
But the Yankees' sense of vindication may be short-lived.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
Compared to the solar wind, which is always blowing, coronal mass ejections are short-lived but extreme.
—Samuel Badman, The Conversation, 6 Oct. 2025
In 2005, his effort to launch womenswear was short-lived with the Sean by Sean Combs line shuttering within a year.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for short-lived
Recent Examples of Synonyms for short-lived
Adjective
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At the very end, his mother made a brief appearance to wrap up the routine.—
Brianne Tracy,
PEOPLE,
15 Oct. 2025
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The two most recently fought a brief conflict earlier this year.—
Lex Harvey,
CNN Money,
15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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For scientists who track animal behavior, the eclipse provided the perfect natural experiment to see how birds react to temporary changes in light, something that is difficult to achieve in a laboratory setting.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
13 Oct. 2025
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And yet these wins may be temporary—the Administration is pursuing appeals.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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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 fact, the tranquility of the rocking waves, or maybe the transient, ineffable quality of the water, seems to have lodged in Christian’s brain.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
7 Oct. 2025
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The recent brightening could be a transient outburst rather than a steady increase as the comet approaches to the sun, only time will tell.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Rush is the more logical choice if the Ravens are prioritizing making plays downfield in the passing game.—
Jeff Zrebiec,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
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He's tied for the third-most passing touchdowns and is fourth in passing yards and ninth in passer rating so far this season.—
Robert Marvi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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My annual ritual of waiting for delicata squash’s arrival is a reminder to embrace the rhythms of nature and the fleeting beauty of certain culinary moments.—
Jill Schildhouse,
Southern Living,
13 Oct. 2025
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After that, every human interaction felt precious and potentially fleeting.—
Joe Garcia,
New Yorker,
12 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Up ⬆ One Battle After Another The Oscars are very much not determined by statistics; there are graveyards full of Oscar hopefuls that looked like winners on paper but ultimately didn’t connect with voters for some ephemeral reason or another.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
4 Oct. 2025
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Emphasizing the project’s conceptual basis, one particularly ephemeral edition, The Biggest Nemyrivskiy Art Center, 2013, was a roughly nineteen-thousand-square-foot rectangle outlined on a snowy field by a plow, disappearing as soon as the snow began to melt.—
Joanna Warsza,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Short-lived.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/short-lived. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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