: passing swiftly : transitory
… the often fleeting nature of fame and fortune …—
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fleetingness
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I caught a fleeting glimpse of the comet.
had a fleeting desire to jump into the cool lake but kept on hiking
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The challenge is for those moments to not be so fleeting.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 25 May 2025
Among the group is a pair of Black twins, whose professor mentions Mengele’s fixation with identical siblings, which both portends fleeting dramatic moments in the rest of the film, and also steeps this post-mortem study in dramatic irony.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 May 2025
Asked about that last week, Haas said pay for the LIRR engineers — who are in the midst of their own contract negotiations — is likely to go up, and therefore any pay parity with the Long Island train crews would be fleeting.
—Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 16 May 2025
Working with producer Carter Lang of SZA and Doja Cat fame, de la Fuente is no longer trying to capture the gilded vignettes of home, but rather relaxing into the bliss of fleeting moments, creating universal depictions of lust and yearning sung in breathy registers.
—Vita Dadoo, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2025
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Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 25 May 2025
Among the group is a pair of Black twins, whose professor mentions Mengele’s fixation with identical siblings, which both portends fleeting dramatic moments in the rest of the film, and also steeps this post-mortem study in dramatic irony.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 May 2025
Asked about that last week, Haas said pay for the LIRR engineers — who are in the midst of their own contract negotiations — is likely to go up, and therefore any pay parity with the Long Island train crews would be fleeting.
—Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 16 May 2025
Working with producer Carter Lang of SZA and Doja Cat fame, de la Fuente is no longer trying to capture the gilded vignettes of home, but rather relaxing into the bliss of fleeting moments, creating universal depictions of lust and yearning sung in breathy registers.
—Vita Dadoo, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for fleeting
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“Fleeting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fleeting. Accessed 31 May. 2025.
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