ephemeral

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Called High Performance, it would become one of a handful of magazines in Los Angeles at the time that documented ephemeral art and functioned as an alternative space for performance artists.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

This is not a documentary feature stuffed with detailed historical context, talking heads contemplating Jacobs’ impact, and stretches of runtime devoted to quietly pondering what legacy looks like in an ephemeral business.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026

A cycle of ephemeral emperors, military mutinies and civil wars had begun, marring Rome’s third century.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

A crop rose that summer in the shadow of the Twin Towers, an ephemeral symbol of plenty beside the perpetually hungry wolves of Wall Street.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

Indeed, its existence is so ephemeral that medical researchers are unable, without special procedures, to sample it before the body has destroyed it.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson