as in shortness
the state or quality of lasting only for a short time
the evanescence of a rainbow detracts not a whit from its beauty
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Recent Examples of evanescence
Share [Findings] Researchers proposed replacing the paradigm of extinction with that of evanescence.
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Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 22 Jan. 2025
Share [Findings] Researchers proposed replacing the paradigm of extinction with that of evanescence.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
How will societies grapple with the evanescence of human decision-making and the disintermediation of other vocational activities?
—Douglas B. Laney, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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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Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 22 Jan. 2025
Share [Findings] Researchers proposed replacing the paradigm of extinction with that of evanescence.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
How will societies grapple with the evanescence of human decision-making and the disintermediation of other vocational activities?
—Douglas B. Laney, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
Share [Findings] Researchers proposed replacing the paradigm of extinction with that of evanescence.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
See All Example Sentences for evanescence
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evanescence
Noun
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Idleness seems to breed awareness of one’s own transience. . .—
John Updike,
New Yorker,
11 July 2025
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While these two exhibits may feel distinct, for Suh, all of his work interrogates the boundaries between personal and public space, and the conditions that force transience or enable permanence.—
Megan Williams,
CNN Money,
1 May 2025
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For all the impermanence — packing up and relocating just about every two years — Hutson said his upbringing was in many ways ideal, shaping his outlook to this day.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 July 2025
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The Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi—finding beauty in imperfection, impermanence, and authenticity—has long been a staple of international design discourse.—
Mayer Rus,
Architectural Digest,
3 June 2025
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The statistic is notoriously volatile, and averaging such a short period only exacerbates its ephemerality.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
24 June 2025
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Flowers are often emblems of ephemerality and mortality, as in the vanitas paintings so common in 17th-century Europe, where elaborate bouquets were often paired with skulls, fruit, and other reminders that blooming and decaying, life and death, are inseparable.—
Rebecca Solnit
October 19,
Literary Hub,
19 Oct. 2021
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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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“Evanescence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evanescence. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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