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impermanence

[im-pur-muh-nuhns] / ɪmˈpɜr mə nəns /












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Kelly finds the public’s current craving for unique genre storytelling encouraging, but feels that like most trends, it may be doomed to impermanence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

It leaves this three-match series against Pakistan with a feeling of impermanence, not unlike Root's last tour as captain in the West Indies in 2022.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

In my favor: though not a Buddhist, I am intellectually, if not spiritually, drawn to Buddhism’s doctrines of suffering, impermanence and nonattachment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

But that impermanence is also what makes the holidays so special.

From Salon ● Oct. 15, 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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