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vanishing point
noun
1
: a point at which receding parallel lines seem to meet when represented in linear perspective
2
: a point at which something disappears or ceases to exist
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In time the black trunks thinned, giving way to a delicate stand of birch trees, and oddly, a path that stretched to a vanishing point in each direction.
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Hazlitt, 19 Nov. 2025
Columns and beams around it repeat and recede to a vanishing point, producing a mesmerizing symmetry.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 30 June 2025
This perception, in which lines in two-dimensional space appear to meet at a point called the vanishing point, is often used in art to portray relative distances.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 18 Oct. 2024
But that neat dichotomy between government and business has blurred to the vanishing point.
—Peter Georgescu, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
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Hazlitt, 19 Nov. 2025
Columns and beams around it repeat and recede to a vanishing point, producing a mesmerizing symmetry.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 30 June 2025
This perception, in which lines in two-dimensional space appear to meet at a point called the vanishing point, is often used in art to portray relative distances.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 18 Oct. 2024
But that neat dichotomy between government and business has blurred to the vanishing point.
—Peter Georgescu, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
See All Example Sentences for vanishing point
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“Vanishing point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vanishing%20point. Accessed 6 Dec. 2025.
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