How to Use ephemera in a Sentence

ephemera

noun
Definition of ephemeranext
Synonyms for ephemeranext
  • He has a large collection of old menus and other ephemera.
  • But it’s the sort of inane piece of ephemera that can thrive in this madcap NFT world.
    — Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, 15 Mar. 2021
  • In Kotaro, the ephemera matters — the small gestures and quirks.
    — Vulture, 23 Apr. 2022
  • Among those projects was the collection of drawings and ephemera for the World Trade Center project.
    — Tommy Cummings, Dallas News, 9 Sep. 2021
  • Gladys Pilz of Bend, Ore., said her husband thinks she’s held on to too much ephemera from her growing up years.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 11 Feb. 2023
  • Our magpie eyes will always be drawn to foolery and ephemera.
    — Giles Hattersley, Vogue, 13 Dec. 2021
  • To game lovers, though, the best of all that ephemera is The Addams Family pinball machine.
    — WIRED, 6 Oct. 2022
  • Gi-hun bonds with the old man, grows nostalgic over the ephemera of childhood, and praises Sang-woo as the town prodigy.
    — Quinci Legardye, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2021
  • There’s also a drumhead with ephemera signed by Foo Fighters.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 29 Jan. 2021
  • The store is home to a collection of rare and high-end collectible vinyl, as well as collectibles like tour t-shirts and other ephemera.
    — Ryan Smith, Travel + Leisure, 23 Oct. 2021
  • Martin's gift was to be deeply engaged with both the ephemera of the day and the important news readers needed to know, said those who worked with him.
    — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 16 May 2022
  • Among the paintings, ceramics, and ephemera are busts of Lenin and works by Russian artists from the Soviet era.
    — WIRED, 10 July 2023
  • What explains the fascination with the ephemera of one man’s life, including among people who claim that the work was the thing?
    — Nikhil Krishnan, The New Yorker, 9 May 2022
  • Their goal is to preserve the ephemera of the punk rock movement for future generations.
    — Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Jan. 2023
  • The Cottage Garden is a boutique shop in Glendale with vintage-y clothing and all kinds of unique finds and ephemera.
    — Chris Malloy, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Feb. 2023
  • The events start at 6 p.m. with a chance to chat with Faiola, and look over some of his collection of vintage supper club menus and other ephemera.
    — Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2021
  • Megan buys the coral online but hunts old books, apothecary bottles, and other ephemera in local thrift stores.
    — Sarah Egge, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 June 2021
  • The reader is privy to photographs and other ephemera left behind.
    — Erika L. Sanchez, Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Branca is equally fond of such quirky ephemera as wax and marble feet and antique intaglios.
    — Ingrid Abramovitch, ELLE Decor, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Every artist, when they get inducted into the Rock Hall, gets to have pieces of ephemera in an exhibit.
    — Annie Zaleski, SPIN, 23 May 2022
  • The curators rightly acknowledge this through their inclusion of books and ephemera from the past.
    — Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 10 June 2021
  • Uemura ushered me into a small office, its walls lined with shelves and desks piled with ephemera from decades of gaming.
    — Matt Alt, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2021
  • Kairos opens with a brief prologue, in which an older Katharina inherits the late Hans’s ephemera.
    — Rumaan Alam, The New Republic, 21 June 2023
  • Ours is owned by Marvin Smith, who runs it out of a walk-up window at a red trolley surrounded by toy cars and random ephemera.
    — Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 6 Feb. 2024
  • The tokens may be digital ephemera, but the potential rewards are huge.
    — Jacob Silverman, The New Republic, 10 Mar. 2021
  • The newer seasons 39 through 52 are still there, as well as several spinoffs and related ephemera.
    — Vulture, 19 Aug. 2022
  • Each wisp of ephemera is pressed neatly between album covers.
    — Nancy Hass Henry Bourne, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2023
  • In a decade defined by ephemera, Migos became fixtures.
    — Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 15 June 2021
  • The firm only recently cleared out a garage filled with layers of ephemera from a few years of projects, but the backyard is still guarded by a green statue of a Tyrannosaurus rex.
    — Steve Appleford, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2024
  • With its open-air, warehouse-like feel, and vintage aircraft and flying ephemera on view — who knew TWA flight attendants wore Valentino in the 1970s?!
    — Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2023

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