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ephemeral

adjective as in momentary, passing

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But given the ephemeral nature of China’s censorship apparatus, those tags can quickly evolve.

But a repeat of that effect probably will be ephemeral and won’t make newsgathering a sustainable business in an increasingly fragmented news environment.

“After an election, we do very little deep analysis of the actual vote and what actually happened. Like, that’s a 72-hour story, but we’ve spent months talking about polls which are ephemeral and often false.”

From Slate

The difference is that while Sinatra’s voice remains omnipresent in modern life, “the ephemeral magic of Johnny Carson, who loomed just as large and swung just as mightily … no longer hums and flickers into nightscape ambiance.”

Joy rather than euphoria, because as its powerhouse ending shows, the highs of Anora are no ephemeral feeling.

From Salon

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