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- adjective
superlative form ofshort-lived : mostshort-lived .
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Examples
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It is one of the shortest-lived technologies, actually.
Star Trek The Next Generation® David A. McIntee 2011
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It is one of the shortest-lived technologies, actually.
Star Trek The Next Generation® David A. McIntee 2011
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In practice it is only 47 years old, if one begins counting at the Voting Rights Act of 1965 -- far more ephemeral than even China's shortest-lived dynasties.
Eric X. Li: Globalization 2.0: Democracy's Coming Demise Eric X. Li 2012
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The Northern Qi 550-577 might have been China's shortest-lived dynasty, but it was also among its most creative.
Gaining Enlightenment Through Technology Lee Lawrence 2011
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In practice it is only 47 years old, if one begins counting at the Voting Rights Act of 1965 -- far more ephemeral than even China's shortest-lived dynasties.
Eric X. Li: Globalization 2.0: Democracy's Coming Demise Eric X. Li 2012
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In practice it is only 47 years old, if one begins counting at the Voting Rights Act of 1965 -- far more ephemeral than even China's shortest-lived dynasties.
Eric X. Li: Globalization 2.0: Democracy's Coming Demise Eric X. Li 2012
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In practice it is only 47 years old, if one begins counting at the Voting Rights Act of 1965 -- far more ephemeral than even China's shortest-lived dynasties.
Eric X. Li: Globalization 2.0: Democracy's Coming Demise Eric X. Li 2012
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In practice it is only 47 years old, if one begins counting at the Voting Rights Act of 1965 -- far more ephemeral than even China's shortest-lived dynasties.
Eric X. Li: Globalization 2.0: Democracy's Coming Demise Eric X. Li 2012
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In practice it is only 47 years old, if one begins counting at the Voting Rights Act of 1965 -- far more ephemeral than even China's shortest-lived dynasties.
Eric X. Li: Globalization 2.0: Democracy's Coming Demise Eric X. Li 2012
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The Northern Qi 550-577 might have been China's shortest-lived dynasty, but it was also among its most creative.
Gaining Enlightenment Through Technology Lee Lawrence 2011
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