as in shortness
the state or quality of lasting only for a short time
a sermon on the fugitiveness of all earthly existence
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Pegula, Anisimova and Gauff should be pleased with their early-round draws, which are more important on SW19’s grass than at any other Grand Slam, because of the shortness of the season and the lack of time to build rhythm.
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How much of his life, his desperate desire for success, greatness, had been prompted by his shortness?
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Yet in an era increasingly defined by digital abstraction and impermanence, fashion designers are newly preoccupied with the tangible and historic.
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Pyrotechnic spectaculars thrill us with movement, surprise, poignant impermanence — and those qualities distinguish dance, as well.
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Locke also had a high transiency rate before Green Dot was in charge.
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That is everybody in college basketball in an era of transaction and transiency that has been compared to unlimited free agency without a salary cap.
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“Fugitiveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fugitiveness. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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