into thin air

phrase

: in a very sudden and mysterious way
My keys seem to have vanished/disappeared into thin air.

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Sometimes the Florida man stories come into our lives and seem to disappear into thin air. Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2026 Those factors don’t just disappear into thin air because a tool can act autonomously. Seemant Sehgal, Forbes.com, 24 Feb. 2026 Like in Galveston County’s Precinct 3, the results of years of organizing in our primarily Black, Latino, and Asian congressional district vanished into thin air. Literary Hub, 9 Feb. 2026 This requires intense heat, which the lighter provides, causing some of the snow to vanish into thin air rather than drip. Ahmad Bajjey, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for into thin air

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“Into thin air.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/into%20thin%20air. Accessed 22 Jul. 2026.

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