as in flash
lasting only for a short time
had a fleeting desire to jump into the cool lake but kept on hiking
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Recent Examples of fleeting
Reflect on whether having a new phone is truly valuable or merely a fleeting desire, possibly fueled by advertising.
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True Tamplin, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
The blooms’ brief appearance is a metaphor for the fleeting nature of life.
—Katherine Lagrave, AFAR Media, 28 Feb. 2025
This seasonal slump is more than just a fleeting funk for some people.
—Jené Luciani Sena, Fox News, 27 Feb. 2025
Another reality is that Kyle Lowry came with an expiration date and Terry Rozier has had only fleeting moments of success.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2025
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True Tamplin, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
The blooms’ brief appearance is a metaphor for the fleeting nature of life.
—Katherine Lagrave, AFAR Media, 28 Feb. 2025
This seasonal slump is more than just a fleeting funk for some people.
—Jené Luciani Sena, Fox News, 27 Feb. 2025
Another reality is that Kyle Lowry came with an expiration date and Terry Rozier has had only fleeting moments of success.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fleeting
Adjective
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Don’t let the lack of flash fool you — this guy is the real deal.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
The Mercury News,
3 Mar. 2025
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The German figures come a day before the scheduled release of flash inflation data for the euro area, which will be closely watched by investors for guidance on the odds of another interest rate cut from the European Central Bank.—
Sophie Kiderlin,
CNBC,
30 Sep. 2024
Adjective
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As a result, his answers are brief and not all that stimulating.—
Kevin Kurz,
The Athletic,
14 Mar. 2025
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The ribbon cutting, hosted by the Ocklawaha Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, will include light refreshments, and a brief program.—
Orlando Sentinel Staff,
Orlando Sentinel,
13 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The submerged cellars also create temporary artificial reefs that attract marine life.—
Coke Bartrina,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Mar. 2025
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Carved out of the ground floor of the airport’s parking garage, this space was a temporary replacement for the dingy, crowded, original domestic terminal built 34 years prior, which was not handicap-accessible and had an inadequate baggage facility and a troublesome security layout.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The pod, believed to be comprised of Bigg's or transient whales, was spotted visiting Elliott Bay, seemingly to take a bite out of its aviation population.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA TODAY,
6 Mar. 2025
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The threat of tornadoes is most significant in southern Mississippi and southern Louisiana, where thunderstorms have already led to some severe wind gusts and transient circulations.—
Hannah Parry,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Although threats were made in 2024, the ability to make good on those threats has certainly diminished in 2025 and appear to decrease with every passing day.—
Joshua D. Smeltzer,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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With each passing week, the UEFA Conference League is growing in importance for Chelsea and their head coach Enzo Maresca.—
Simon Johnson,
The Athletic,
23 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Related Articles Now, Detroit, which has gone from one of the league’s most disappointing teams to its one of its hottest after hiring a name-brand coach in Todd McLellan, cleared some salary cap space ahead of the trade deadline, while the Ducks plugged a transitory hole in their goalie pipeline.—
Andrew Knoll,
Orange County Register,
24 Feb. 2025
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Some Republican economists also dismissed the idea that the fiscal stimulus would be inflationary, and financial markets suggested that investors believed that inflation would be transitory.—
Jason Furman,
Foreign Affairs,
10 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Apps are ephemeral—the most popular ones are always changing.—
Rolling Stone Culture Council,
Rolling Stone,
21 Feb. 2025
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Castro’s relationship to Camacho is peculiar, in the way that not many in the industry had the chance to meet this ephemeral talent.—
Griselda Flores,
Billboard,
25 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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But this momentary interruption in the normal order hardly matters because the ensemble is so comfortably aligned in the theatrical universe that Godwin has created.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2025
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The Cooper tires, despite clearly lacking some performance, provided something of a similar exposé as the heavy Challengers: revealing even momentary errors that needed correcting.—
Michael Teo Van Runkle,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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“Fleeting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fleeting. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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