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

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

Over the years, Chinatowns have offered me ephemeral homecomings in city after city without demanding that I make my home there.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

And the chair would be something worthy of as much lunch discussion as any horrific international crisis or ephemeral gossip.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 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