impermanent
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He’s rough-hewn, simple, hardworking, not immune to the impermanent nature of the world but brought up short when that world goes awry; Mr. Edgerton has to give emotional depth to a laconic character.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025
As a result, it allows us to view death as impermanent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2025
And he wrote the piece because he felt like so many things on the internet are impermanent, right?
From Salon ● May 15, 2024
His answer is what he calls “Precarious Sculpture,” proliferating jumbles of lumpen objects made from common, impermanent stuff, as if refusing to play by the elitist rules of enduring art.
From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2024
The building is as grey as the pavement below and the sky above, appearing as impermanent as the clouds, as though it could vanish into the air without notice.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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