as in to disappear
to cease to be visible
the kids' rainy-day gloom evanesced the minute they heard that we were going out for ice cream
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Recent Examples of evanesce
Gilchrist replies, his voice brightening the way an ancient sun suddenly burns through an evanescing cloud.
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Chris Richards,
Washington Post,
7 June 2023
Monkfish in a gripping mussel broth found its voice in between sips of an off-dry Alsatian pinot gris, its honeyed sweetness just evanescing off the brine of the seafood.
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Amiel Stanek,
Bon Appétit,
3 Jan. 2020
The experience of simply having the experience, and letting each moment arrive unexpectedly and evanesce in its own time.
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Bess Matassa,
Teen Vogue,
29 June 2018
The number of daily active users in March was lower than the average for the first quarter as a whole, a signal that Snap's user base may be evanescing into the void.
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Michael Hiltzik,
latimes.com,
2 May 2018
The arc of his coming to America is dizzying: mystery begat hype, hype yielded to skepticism, skepticism evanesced under sheer amazement.
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Si.com Staff,
SI.com,
9 Apr. 2018
And with every new meeting, my hatred has evanesced like fog in a bright sun.
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Will Blythe,
Esquire,
1 Apr. 2010
Chris Richards,
Washington Post,
7 June 2023
Monkfish in a gripping mussel broth found its voice in between sips of an off-dry Alsatian pinot gris, its honeyed sweetness just evanescing off the brine of the seafood.
—
Amiel Stanek,
Bon Appétit,
3 Jan. 2020
The experience of simply having the experience, and letting each moment arrive unexpectedly and evanesce in its own time.
—
Bess Matassa,
Teen Vogue,
29 June 2018
The number of daily active users in March was lower than the average for the first quarter as a whole, a signal that Snap's user base may be evanescing into the void.
—
Michael Hiltzik,
latimes.com,
2 May 2018
The arc of his coming to America is dizzying: mystery begat hype, hype yielded to skepticism, skepticism evanesced under sheer amazement.
—
Si.com Staff,
SI.com,
9 Apr. 2018
And with every new meeting, my hatred has evanesced like fog in a bright sun.
—
Will Blythe,
Esquire,
1 Apr. 2010
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evanesce
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With Prime Day 2026 winding down, now is your last chance to upgrade your pet's sleep setup before the deals disappear.
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If the collision occurs in Europe, a country like France will disappear completely from the map, and the entire continent will become an unimaginable disaster area.
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In June 1995, the KIMT morning news anchor vanished while on her way to work in Mason City, Iowa.
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Jackson's symptoms immediately vanished.
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But Rosales said that tradition was fading, possibly another casualty of a more cutthroat political climate.
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The pen barrel depicts fields of wheat that fade into plowed farmland and trees, with distant mountains rising beneath a vast open sky.
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