evanescence
Americannoun
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the quality of being fleeting or vanishing quickly; impermanence.
the evanescence of dreams.
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the act or fact of vanishing quickly.
The target audience is left only with the dominant message after the evanescence of the advertisement.
Etymology
Origin of evanescence
Example Sentences
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And when these apparitions vanish, the text’s overriding theme—of life’s evanescence but also its beauty—does finally dovetail with the ghostly images created by the technology.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
Another cause is the evanescence of serious history curricula in schools, and an ignorance of the honor in service.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
The book’s setting 30-odd years ago comes to dovetail with that age gap’s built-in sense of evanescence.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2023
A part of it is the evanescence, that it disappears.
From Washington Post • Oct. 18, 2021
How could she ever have thought evanescence was kinder?
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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