flash in the pan

Example Sentences

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That could be a signal to the committee that Marvell’s recent ascent isn’t just a flash in the pan.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

The difference north of the border is that Hearts insists it isn’t a flash in the pan.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

"We thought that tool use could have been a flash in the pan and then disappeared. When we see 300,000 years of the same thing, that's just not possible," he said.

From BBC • Nov. 4, 2025

You can watch it and go, "Oh, you're just going home and you're just breaking up with these people. It's just a flash in the pan of your life," but it's a big moment.

From Salon • Nov. 28, 2024

I thought, then, that perhaps that first number was just a flash in the pan, and that succeeding issues would sink to the level of other Science Fiction magazines.

From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 by Various