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impermanence

[im-pur-muh-nuhns] / ɪmˈpɜr mə nəns /












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While you meditate you brood on the impermanence of all things, including yourself, and envision yourself as a corpse, lying out on a bier, all life gone.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 9, 2026

Or, as Long put it, “embracing the rare imperfections and impermanence of it all.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 2025

Dahlia Lithwick: The book is deliberately rooted in this paradox of permanence and impermanence.

From Slate Sep. 8, 2025

By all measures, this is a movie that needs to do well, even for a studio that prides itself on the impermanence of its properties.

From Salon Jul. 25, 2025

Life’s impermanence, I realized, is what makes every single day so precious.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore




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