permanence

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For his part, Smithson, who died in a plane crash in 1973, thought of permanence as the biggest myth of all, according to Lisa LeFeuvre, director of the Holt/Smithson Foundation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

Despite their aura of permanence, Oscar statuettes have occasionally vanished over the years.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

Compounding that issue is the permanence of AI-related job losses.

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

As the look fades, it leaves behind questions rather than permanence.

From Salon • Jan. 10, 2026

Meanwhile, as though in inverse ratio to the vanishing voice, the invoked ghost of the man whom she could neither forgive nor revenge herself upon began to assume a quality almost of solidity, permanence.

From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner