Sentence examples for ephemeral earnings from inspiring English sources

Critics say bonuses never should have been so big because they were based on ephemeral earnings.

Critics say bonuses never should have been so big in the first place, because they were based on ephemeral earnings.

Not only is the number big and round — by far the largest giveback by corporate executives ever — but the recovery sets a standard of behavior for other companies and boards when performance pay is later shown to have been based on ephemeral earnings.

Of course, many of these earnings were ephemeral and have since turned to losses.

Their management plays with other people's money and gets rewarded for reported earnings, no matter how ephemeral or how much risk was taken to get them.

The earnings boost proved to be ephemeral.

Ephemeral — perfect.

Ephemeral curiosities.

"They're ephemeral.

Fear is very ephemeral.

They were ephemeral conversations.