as in to disappear
to cease to be visible
by mid-morning the fog that had enshrouded the island had just evaporated
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Recent Examples of evaporate
Passing by the sun too often would have caused many of them to evaporate quickly.
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Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2025
But as television news viewership continues to evaporate, perhaps the new Paramount regime will be a bit ahead of the curve.
—Max Tani, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Most of these changes were just caused by the water evaporating.
—Joel S. Levine, The Conversation, 8 Sep. 2025
In the meantime, consumers can expect to find deals as EV inventory evaporates.
—Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
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Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2025
But as television news viewership continues to evaporate, perhaps the new Paramount regime will be a bit ahead of the curve.
—Max Tani, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Most of these changes were just caused by the water evaporating.
—Joel S. Levine, The Conversation, 8 Sep. 2025
In the meantime, consumers can expect to find deals as EV inventory evaporates.
—Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for evaporate
Verb
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But before long his hearing begins to disappear, leading him down a panicked trail of denial, anger and desperation.—
Travis Bean,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Normally that motion disappears without a trace, but a growing field of research aims to capture it and turn it into electricity for sensors, wearable devices and other small electronics.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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The August jobs report, released last week, showed just 22,000 new positions, nearly all in healthcare and support services; other sectors have stagnated, amplifying concerns that job growth outside healthcare may soon vanish altogether as Medicaid cuts take effect in October.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
9 Sep. 2025
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And so dark celestial bodies vanished from the scientific imagination.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
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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
Verb
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Microwave reserved 2 tablespoons browned butter until melted, 15 to 20 seconds.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
8 Sep. 2025
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Their sisters, Cotton and Sherpa, fall somewhere in between, but the picture of the size difference between Fleece and Flannel melted hearts online.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Evaporate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evaporate. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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