as in brief
lasting only for a short time
the skier's triumph turned out to be short-lived, as the next competitor bested her time
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Recent Examples of short-lived
Musk and Riley remarried in 2013 in their dining room, but the reconciliation was short-lived, Issacson wrote.
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Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 7 Mar. 2025
The dream of intergenerational mobility feels short-lived and like a constant struggle for Zamora and many others like her.
—Daisy Verduzco Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2025
Onion, parsley, corn, pepper, and parsnip seeds are relatively short-lived.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Mar. 2025
Boycotts hard to sustain Despite the recent slowdown at Target, boycotts tend to be short-lived and rarely do financial damage to companies.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 28 Feb. 2025
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Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 7 Mar. 2025
The dream of intergenerational mobility feels short-lived and like a constant struggle for Zamora and many others like her.
—Daisy Verduzco Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2025
Onion, parsley, corn, pepper, and parsnip seeds are relatively short-lived.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Mar. 2025
Boycotts hard to sustain Despite the recent slowdown at Target, boycotts tend to be short-lived and rarely do financial damage to companies.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 28 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for short-lived
Recent Examples of Synonyms for short-lived
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.—
arkansasonline.com,
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
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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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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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While the camp’s Cold War importance was fleeting — the US military abandoned Camp Century in the late 1960s after less than a decade in operation — the cutting-edge scientific work conducted there, in fields such as geophysics and paleoclimatology, has had enduring impacts.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN,
15 Mar. 2025
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But that relief could be fleeting if widening trade wars reignite higher costs.—
Axios,
Axios,
12 Mar. 2025
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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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“Short-lived.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/short-lived. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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