ephemera

Example Sentences

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Among the oil paintings, art deco ephemera and geological artifacts, I wasn’t expecting a preserved memorial from the days following the 2015 terrorist attacks, and it leveled me.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026

How well can you recall the past 250 years of books, music, movies and other cultural ephemera that makes up our country?

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

This is where the oils live, and the spices, and the half-forgotten jars of jam, olives, vinegars and other bits of kitchen ephemera that have been quietly waiting for their moment.

From Salon • Jan. 11, 2026

“That’s just how his brain worked,” she says of his keen eye that transformed everyday ephemera into a valuable historical archive.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2025

This went on with the whole generation of ephemera, and all were equally happy, equally gay.

From The Sand-Hills of Jutland by Bushby, Mrs. (Anna S.)