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
The new policy, however, was short-lived.
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IndyStar, 13 Oct. 2025
Storms can be spotty and short-lived, while others can unleash strong winds, flashes of lightning and torrential downpours.
—Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 13 Oct. 2025
However, our excitement was short-lived.
—Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti, The Conversation, 13 Oct. 2025
But that truce was short-lived because the Israelis were not interested in ending the war at that point, hostages or no hostages.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
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IndyStar, 13 Oct. 2025
Storms can be spotty and short-lived, while others can unleash strong winds, flashes of lightning and torrential downpours.
—Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 13 Oct. 2025
However, our excitement was short-lived.
—Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti, The Conversation, 13 Oct. 2025
But that truce was short-lived because the Israelis were not interested in ending the war at that point, hostages or no hostages.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 9 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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And many supermarkets offer bags of flash-frozen cranberries year-round.—
Cathy Thomas,
Oc Register,
13 Oct. 2025
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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
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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La’Vell Wright leads the ground game with 203 yards and five scores, while Matthew Henry is the big-play threat in the passing game with 21 catches, 377 yards, and three TDs.—
Kilty Cleary,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
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The offensive passing game benefited with play-action fakes.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
14 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 21 Oct. 2025.
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