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Illustrated by Ian D. Loomis
by DOINA PLOP
Deputy Editor
Evanescent (adjective)
Of short duration; passing out of sight; fading away; vanishing.
The student would have missed the evanescent moment if he would not have had his phone to take a quick picture of the yawning cat.