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▸ noun: Manmade objects that are short-lived (under usual conditions), usually because their design intent is to be inexpensively made and thus affordably bought, a goal that often is an engineering trade-off versus durability.
▸ noun: Especially, such ephemera that are collectibles, such as (originally) cheap publications (e.g., pamphlets, brochures), single-use packaging from packaged goods, and giveaway or throwaway trinkets.
▸ noun: (library science) Published single-sheet or single-page documents which are meant to be thrown away after one use.
▸ noun: (by extension) Transitory audiovisual matter not intended to be retained or preserved.
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notabilia,
stub,
giftware,
souvenir,
throwaway,
museum piece,
book,
product,
post-object art,
objet d'art,
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