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impermanence

[im-pur-muh-nuhns] / ɪmˈpɜr mə nəns /












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Kelly finds the public’s current craving for unique genre storytelling encouraging, but feels that like most trends, it may be doomed to impermanence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

While you meditate you brood on the impermanence of all things, including yourself, and envision yourself as a corpse, lying out on a bier, all life gone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026

Dahlia Lithwick: The book is deliberately rooted in this paradox of permanence and impermanence.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2025

By all measures, this is a movie that needs to do well, even for a studio that prides itself on the impermanence of its properties.

From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2025

Restlessness, impermanence, and speed were embedded in the culture that soon emerged there, along with an openness to anything new.

From "Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal" by Eric Schlosser




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