evanescent
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Within a generation, Constable’s ambition of capturing the evanescent effects of nature would be realized in a medium he never could have imagined: photography.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
But unless Gen. Munir can revive the country’s stagnant economy and calm its restive population, his diplomatic gains will likely prove evanescent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
While investors walk on eggshells anticipating Fed decisions, tariff relief, and evanescent cease-fires, one company is steadily feeding investors nutritious dividends, cash flows, and earnings per share growth.
From Barron's ● Dec. 11, 2025
They remain the gold standard, the blue-chip stocks, the flowering perennials amid each spring’s evanescent annuals.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 27, 2023
But first they were unmade, their edges fading like the evanescent white bird, Wraith, as it phased through the skin of the sky.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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