short-lived
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of short-lived
First recorded in 1580–90
Vocabulary lists containing short-lived
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In 2021, he became a minister in a previous, short-lived Israeli government led by Naftali Bennett - now a right-wing member of Eisenkot's bloc.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Before that, a Citrini report envisioning a future where AI progress has led to widespread job losses was widely blamed for triggering a painful but short-lived selloff.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026
Sharp and short-lived sell-offs were common as the dotcom bubble inflated, he adds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
He was not involved in the day-to-day running of the company, and lived outside of the UK for part of its short-lived tenure.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
I learned over lunch that he was in every sense a hybrid—the son of a black Kenyan father and a white mother from Kansas whose marriage had been both youthful and short-lived.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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