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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 bond between Noah and Allie is a prism through which to experience both the transience and the permanence of what matters most to us in life.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 9, 2026

Then, with no warning, Amélie’s grandmother dies, and directors Maïlys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han Jin Kuang introduce a layer of transience that subtly begins to play with Amélie’s idea that everything is predetermined.

From Salon Nov. 5, 2025

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

Although his American-born housemates were sometimes noisy, spoke little Korean, and never stayed around very long, he preferred their energetic transience to living alone.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden




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