as in flash
lasting only for a short time
savor the fugacious pleasures of life as intensely as the more enduring ones
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Recent Examples of fugacious
And even long-term, canonical sources such as books and scholarly journals are in fugacious configurations—usually to support digital subscription models that require scarcity—that preclude ready long-term linking, even as their physical counterparts evaporate.
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Jonathan Zittrain, The Atlantic, 30 June 2021
Jonathan Zittrain, The Atlantic, 30 June 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fugacious
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 brief hearing, which focused on thorny jurisdictional issues, drew hundreds of demonstrators to the federal courthouse in lower Manhattan to denounce the Saturday arrest of Khalil, a permanent U.S. resident who is married to an American citizen.—
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arkansasonline.com,
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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The finished product is bright and evanescent, sweet but not too sweet, celebratory, fun, and delicious.—
Erik Ofgang,
Forbes,
7 Jan. 2025
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Sketches and blackouts are often evanescent, like an idea sketched on a cocktail napkin; some last only a few seconds yet might have been fiendishly complicated to prepare and execute.—
Robert Lloyd,
Los Angeles Times,
20 July 2023
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
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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
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“Fugacious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fugacious. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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