as in to vanish
to cease to be visible
the stranger disappeared into the mists, never to be seen again
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Recent Examples of disappear
Amazon’s top deals are about to disappear!
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Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025
People only a few years older than myself had started disappearing with unsettling frequency.
—Tom Piazza
september 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
The language is disappearing, a result of unsustainable real estate practices and climate change.
—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
For decades, the disease nearly disappeared.
—Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Sep. 2025
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Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025
People only a few years older than myself had started disappearing with unsettling frequency.
—Tom Piazza
september 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
The language is disappearing, a result of unsustainable real estate practices and climate change.
—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
For decades, the disease nearly disappeared.
—Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disappear
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Entire industries appear and vanish with the velocity of software updates.—
Joseph Coughlin,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Remember their 10-game skid, the losing streak that seemed to sink the season, the one during which Luis Ortiz vanished because of a gambling investigation, the one during which the Guardians couldn’t muster anything at the plate?—
Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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After a pause, the composition takes on a searching quality, as the melody travels from one instrument to the next, including a compelling viola solo performed by principal viola Maiya Papach, eventually fading out to nothing, leaving the audience suspended in uneasy quiet.—
Sheila Regan,
Twin Cities,
13 Sep. 2025
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The long-standing expectation was that these resonance signals would fade and become negligible as the momentum transfer increased.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Disappear.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disappear. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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