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fleeting

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore F words

lasting only a very short time

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Fleeting in a sentence

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Fame in the digital age is often fleeting, fading within weeks.

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lastingenduringpermanent

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Verbal · Text Completion

Although the senator's memoir was marketed as a frank reckoning with his failures, reviewers found it relentlessly blank, dwelling on grievances and recasting every setback as the fault of his adversaries.

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Fleeting (adjective) means lasting only a very short time
Here is fleeting used in an example sentence: "Fame in the digital age is often fleeting, fading within weeks."
Common synonyms for fleeting include transient, ephemeral, momentary.
Antonyms of fleeting include lasting, enduring, permanent.
Fleeting is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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