fleeting
Example Sentences
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What I've come to accept is that these moments are fleeting and that's beautiful in itself.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
Middle Eastern intermediators have been racing for days to get talks going to end the war, but said the gaps between the parties remain enormous and that progress remains fleeting.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
The problem, apart from perennial budget pressures, is that interest in election mechanics — a technical and arcane subject if ever there was one — is episodic and fleeting.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026
“All of this suggests that the Fed’s inflation worries extend beyond weathering a fleeting wave of one-off price hikes associated with tariffs and, more recently, an energy price spike,” Stanley says.
From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026
In spite of himself, Ekon felt a fleeting annoyance.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
Vocabulary lists containing fleeting
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