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transience

[tran-shuhns, -zhuhns, -zee-uhns] / ˈtræn ʃəns, -ʒəns, -zi əns /
















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These days, the transience of “Spiral Jetty” reads like an early warning of climate chaos.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

The bond between Noah and Allie is a prism through which to experience both the transience and the permanence of what matters most to us in life.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2026

Then, with no warning, Amélie’s grandmother dies, and directors Maïlys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han Jin Kuang introduce a layer of transience that subtly begins to play with Amélie’s idea that everything is predetermined.

From Salon • Nov. 5, 2025

Alice Springs — or Mparntwe, to use its Indigenous name, from the Arrernte people — is infamous for its transience.

From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2024

I can be free of words now, I can lapse back into wordlessness, I can sink back into the rhythms of transience as if into bed.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood