transient
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Yee Eun Nam’s projections inject into this transient world a welcome subtlety.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
The result is pure, rich excess — a fashion documentary unlike any other, that manages to capture the transient joy and whimsy of an era where fashion was allowed to be, dare I say, fun.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
Decisionmakers—including the Supreme Court and even transient majorities—can get things wrong, until we set them right, or at least make them more perfect.
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026
Modern technology has mostly worked to mitigate information asymmetries, but financial markets now operate at speeds that make transient information asymmetries unavoidable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
The notion that life is transient, that it can come and go quickly, unexpectedly, had been with me since I had seen my own father die.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
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Meanwhile, he said the abandoned lot next door remains unsecured and swamped with trash from transients who frequent the site.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
While he’s trying to rebuild, he’s had to fend off transients who trespass onto his property on a regular basis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
When long-period radio transients were first discovered, many astronomers suspected they might be unusually slow-spinning neutron stars known as pulsars.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 2, 2026
At least some long-period radio transients appear to originate in binary star systems involving white dwarfs.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 2, 2026
Permanent transients with no attachments and tired looking men with their families and dogs in flivvers.
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
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