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
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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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for short-lived
Adjective
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The brief Bagley lead was filed on behalf of Mathew Shurka, an LGBT advocate who testified in support of Colorado’s law while it was being debated.—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Oct. 2025
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And in what could be even better news—for everyone other than Matthews, anyway—his reign atop the earnings ranking is likely to be brief.—
Brett Knight,
Forbes.com,
7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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But the building feels temporary, with United having previously discussed removing it.—
Laurie Whitwell,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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The goal is to get a congress of 15, with at least eight members coming from Cincinnati's homeless shelters and seven representing people who live outdoors or in temporary housing.—
Elizabeth B. Kim,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
6 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
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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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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
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These voltage changes are known as transient faults and are the difference in measured voltage between consecutive readings.—
Chiara Eisner,
NPR,
2 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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There was a fleeting moment after Johnson’s second touchdown — a bullet from Dart into a tight window that the second-year tight end impressively snagged — that allowed one to wonder if the Giants’ fortunes were finally changing.—
Dan Duggan,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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Unapologetically tense with zero filter, this transit tests boundaries, forcing us to confront what is sustainable versus what is simply fleeting.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
6 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 12 Oct. 2025.
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