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melt into

phrasal verb

melted into; melting into; melts into
: to become difficult or impossible to see by changing into or becoming combined with (something else)
The colors in the painting melt into one another.
Her frown melted into a smile.
She melted into the crowd.

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The hard caramels melt into beautiful golden pools, which perfectly complement the cinnamon notes of these tender, chewy cookies. Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 27 Nov. 2025 Buckley shoulders intense on-screen distress without losing grasp of her character’s humanity, and Mescal lets his wan charm melt into something more haunted as Shakespeare ages and wrestles with loss. David Sims, The Atlantic, 27 Nov. 2025 The humorous exchange sets up one of the episode’s most candid moments, as McCartney’s mock outrage melts into something unexpectedly sincere. Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE, 27 Nov. 2025 In terms of oceans boiling, the researchers explained that such could occur because as ice melts into less-dense liquid water, pressure drops. Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for melt into

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“Melt into.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/melt%20into. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.

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