as in transience
the state or quality of lasting only for a short time
a poem about the ephemerality of beauty
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Recent Examples of ephemerality
Between the exhibit and the dress code, there were several avenues for guests to explore, from the more esoteric (ephemerality, preservation, degradation, fragility) to the literal (time, gardens).
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Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 7 May 2024
And yet the delicate outstretched stems of these towering arrangements highlight perhaps the most beautiful thing about flowers: their ephemerality.
—Alice Cavanagh, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
For many of these phenomena, the charm is in the ephemerality.
—Emily Matchar, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Jan. 2024
But where Noma, at least in those early years, was all about anchoring the ephemerality of food in concrete notions of place and time, Ilis seems to be committed, body and soul, to abstraction.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2024
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Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 7 May 2024
And yet the delicate outstretched stems of these towering arrangements highlight perhaps the most beautiful thing about flowers: their ephemerality.
—Alice Cavanagh, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
For many of these phenomena, the charm is in the ephemerality.
—Emily Matchar, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Jan. 2024
But where Noma, at least in those early years, was all about anchoring the ephemerality of food in concrete notions of place and time, Ilis seems to be committed, body and soul, to abstraction.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ephemerality
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Spirit's ephemerality is so visible that even Saturday Night Live poked fun at its transience in a recent sketch.Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 29 Oct. 2024
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The trick is that transience itself takes on a thick, solid thinginess, each canvas barnacled over with paint.Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024
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Known for her evocative, atmospheric compositions, her practice emphasizes fluidity, texture and organic forms, creating a sense of movement and impermanence that mirrors the ever-changing environment.Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
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But the reality of their true impermanence has left us with even more ghosts to grieve in the wake of Liam’s death.Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2024
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Share [Findings] Researchers proposed replacing the paradigm of extinction with that of evanescence.Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
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How to make meaning of one’s life, of life itself and the evanescence of memories, in the midst of pain and suffering?Amy Weiss-Meyer, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2024
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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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“Ephemerality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ephemerality. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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