ephemeral
/ɛˈfɛ.mə.ɹəl/ adjective C2- Lasting for a short period of time.
- Existing for only one day, as with some flowers, insects, and diseases.
- Usually dry, but filling with water for brief periods during and after precipitation.
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Digital maps, for all their miraculous real-time updates and traffic algorithms, are fundamentally ephemeral and devoid of such sentimental resonance.
The available options were rigidly bifurcated into expensive hardcovers and ephemeral, low-quality magazines that offered little intellectual nourishment.
Looking back, it is astonishing to consider how an ephemeral moment of boredom at a provincial train station instigated such a sweeping cultural metamorphosis.
His magnificent memoir, “Life on the Mississippi,” stands as a beautifully poignant elegy to this ephemeral golden age of steamboat navigation.
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