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Recent Examples of short-lived Like a lot of the best parts of Colorado, the joys of Independence Pass are short-lived and difficult to reach. Jonathan Shikes, Denver Post, 8 Sep. 2025 But the stock’s pullback was short-lived, with shares of Robinhood now up more than 210% year to date. Alex Harring, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2025 Initial experiments, two hearts and two kidneys, were short-lived and included very ill patients. Lauran Neergaard, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025 Its 2021 return to profitability was short-lived, with pre-tax profits plummeting from $29 million in 2022 to $10 million in 2023, a year when global revenue growth was flat and the company missed internal forecasts. Gemma Allen, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for short-lived
Recent Examples of Synonyms for short-lived
Adjective
  • In a brief video snippet accompanying the post, Cyrus is seen in close-up staring directly into the camera while wearing what looks like surgical gauze around her chin and head as more white material is blown by a breeze around her face.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Broader market reactions have been muted, barring brief spikes in oil prices when Israel entered direct confrontations with Hamas’ crude-rich patron Iran and with other of Tehran’s proxies, such as Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and Yemen’s Houthis.
    Ruxandra Iordache,Emma Graham, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • There is, actually, another category of nail lovers that has emerged in recent years, and those are people who swear by temporary press-ons.
    Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Cook sued over the firing, being granted a temporary restraining order by Judge Jia Cobb last week.
    Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
  • In healthy people, a transient increase in the morning blood pressure is normal and generally of no concern.
    MD Published, Verywell Health, 13 Sep. 2025
  • That promise now feels increasingly tenuous; few of the permanent employees have been hired yet, the complex is still under construction, and most of the workforce are transient staff on temporary visas or contracts – like the ones swept up by ICE.
    Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The big Etienne run followed a few rough moments in the passing game for the safeties and linebackers.
    DIAMOND VENCES, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The regression in the Dolphins’ vertical passing game, a problem for most of last season, continued in the opener.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • All perfumes pull a disappearing act at some point during the day, but Coty has figured out a way to make their fragrances less fleeting.
    Megan McIntyre, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
  • For this reason, Mackinac Island is the perfect backdrop for leaf peeping, which is all about taking a quiet moment to enjoy something fleeting.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • For two days, climbers and onlookers gathered around a 45-foot wall—an ephemeral monument suspended above water—where the edges between sport, spectacle, and cultural communion blurred.
    Skylar Mitchell, Essence, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Stage acting is the most ephemeral of the classical performing arts.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Short-lived.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/short-lived. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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