1
as in to disappear
to cease to be visible
the departing ship gradually faded over the horizon
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2
as in to bleach
to make white or whiter by removing color
years of harsh sunlight had faded the car, which was once fire-engine red
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as in to weaken
to lose bodily strength or vigor
began to fade after battling the disease for years
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Recent Examples of fade
Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 12 June 2026
Store swimwear away from heat or light that may fade colors.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 12 June 2026
Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026
Like so many episodes of household violence, that night came to seem like a hallucination, a lurid memory of something that wasn’t connected to our life together and so would eventually, lacking any handhold, fade away.
—Andrea Bajani, New Yorker, 7 June 2026
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Verb
Whether a play endures or fades is fickle.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 12 June 2026
Store swimwear away from heat or light that may fade colors.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 12 June 2026
Noun
Treasury yields eased Tuesday with the fade in oil prices, relaxing some of that pressure.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026
Like so many episodes of household violence, that night came to seem like a hallucination, a lurid memory of something that wasn’t connected to our life together and so would eventually, lacking any handhold, fade away.
—Andrea Bajani, New Yorker, 7 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fade
Verb
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Having more people in the area where Decker disappeared might also help the search.—
Cindy Von Quednow,
CNN Money,
7 July 2025
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Most of them decay almost immediately into faint signals, leaving behind disappearing tracks in detectors.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
6 July 2025
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Pure white cloth, born in the murderous toil of slavery, formed in debilitating factory conditions, and finished through the agony of Sicilian children, was bleached in more ways than one.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
15 June 2026
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The wheat straw was then cut into smaller pieces and pretreated to remove dust and other fine particles, and then bleached.—
Jennifer Bringle,
Footwear News,
1 June 2026
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The screenplay grows more complex and rewarding as the central relationship weakens, effectively forcing Sonya to deal with her exhausting boyfriend (Levon Hawke) and pushing Coley to connect with her father who, for whatever reason, spends a lot of time hand-making turquoise jewelry.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
16 June 2026
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This, of course, is problematic for the homegrown haters because the opposing opinion from neutral outsiders weakens their argument and should strengthen our resolve.—
Armando Salguero OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
16 June 2026
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Swift did, however, take a slight sartorial risk, donning a whimsy, patchwork Erdem minidress with a corset and an unfinished bottom trim.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
10 June 2026
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This trim isn't a knock against the electrical equipment company, but rather recognition that semis and AI infrastructure stocks may be the most vulnerable to a short-term pullback as investors sell positions to free up billions of dollars in new stock supply.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
10 June 2026
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Though Weapons focuses on an almost unbelievable event—a community in fantastical disarray after nearly an entire classroom of children vanishes—the tensions feel uncomfortably real.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
9 Dec. 2025
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Despite her vanishing in July 2018, she wasn't reported missing until December of that year, per the outlets.—
Becca Longmire,
PEOPLE,
9 Dec. 2025
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More than one person shared that Leah could brighten someone's day without even realizing it simply because kindness came so naturally to her.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
10 June 2026
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Venus conjoins Jupiter in Cancer, brightening your 3rd House of Communication with warmth, sincerity, and useful connection.—
Tarot.com,
Chicago Tribune,
9 June 2026
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Queen of minimalism, Janet has essentially just set type in panels—but the way the background sags like a deflating hot-air balloon, with the type recessed into it, is so wry and brilliant.—
Emily Temple,
Literary Hub,
11 Dec. 2025
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This can lead to sagging skin and wrinkles.—
Sara Hoffman,
Verywell Health,
9 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Pollinators are essential for plant and crop reproduction and threatened by urbanization.—
Violet Ikonomova,
Freep.com,
21 July 2025
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The region is among the nation’s most bountiful, raising rice, sod, vegetables such as lettuce and sugarcane, making Florida the country’s top producer of the crop.—
Peter Aldous,
Miami Herald,
20 July 2025
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“Fade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fade. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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