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evanescent

[ev-uh-nes-uhnt] / ˌɛv əˈnɛs ənt /


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Nor could Wilder in his greatest play: Life, he reminds us, is precious but evanescent, and all too often we move through it without grasping its value and its beauty.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026

While investors walk on eggshells anticipating Fed decisions, tariff relief, and evanescent cease-fires, one company is steadily feeding investors nutritious dividends, cash flows, and earnings per share growth.

From Barron's • Dec. 11, 2025

It can be evanescent, exposing weaknesses or revealing strengths and talent.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2025

Next, Mr. Irwin wanted help producing the acrylic disks for which he would become known: evanescent convex shapes, mounted so they seemed to hover and lit from four sides to create a cloverleaf pattern.

From New York Times • Oct. 13, 2022

At multiple depths, as far as I could see, there were evanescent trails of phosphorescent green bub­bles, the wake of speeding fish.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel




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