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transience

[tran-shuhns, -zhuhns, -zee-uhns] / ˈtræn ʃəns, -ʒəns, -zi əns /
















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These days, the transience of “Spiral Jetty” reads like an early warning of climate chaos.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 15, 2026

The instrumental music is often skeletal, with an ensemble consisting almost entirely of plucked instruments, their quick decays a reminder of transience.

From New York Times Jan. 17, 2024

Most alarmingly, DRM accelerates the transience of our digital goods.

From Slate Dec. 26, 2023

“He’s looking at the world holistically. I feel like his practice is a way of creating a universal story of migration, immigration, transience, what is home and where is home.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2023

Like an old man with rheumy eyes watching children play, seeing only transience in their shrill elation and their wholehearted commitment to life.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy




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