as in to disappear
to cease to be visible
the image suddenly dematerialized, and once again we were staring at a blank screen
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Recent Examples of dematerialize
In a dematerializing economy—where value has shifted from physical assets to intangibles such as data, software, and capabilities—traditional strategy frameworks no longer provide enough guidance.
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Rita McGrath, Harvard Business Review, 4 June 2026
The lively canvas, hardly an illustration of an event, employs light-reflective silver and golden-brown metallic paints applied in vast fields of paisley-like commas that dematerialize into a spatially ambiguous surface shimmer.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
Hex Vision meanwhile dematerialized along with the rest of the illusion Wanda had conjured.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 26 Oct. 2024
When the overhead lights began to rhythmically rise and subside, the object dematerialized before my eyes.
—Tara Anne Dalbow, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2024
Their lines are strict and the palette is confined to two materials, grey granite and mirror (which dematerializes to become the view).
—Town & Country, 25 Aug. 2023
Their mission was a lofty one: to dematerialize any barriers between themselves and the beauty of the landscape.
—ELLE Decor, 24 May 2023
My interest in working with materials like light, color, water, fog, and other natural phenomena grew out of my desire to dematerialize the art object, to make things that were less physical than, say, ephemeral or atmospheric.
—Time, 27 Oct. 2022
How can the most miraculous material in the history of the world, funded up the wazoo, all but dematerialize?
—WIRED, 26 Aug. 2022
Rita McGrath, Harvard Business Review, 4 June 2026
The lively canvas, hardly an illustration of an event, employs light-reflective silver and golden-brown metallic paints applied in vast fields of paisley-like commas that dematerialize into a spatially ambiguous surface shimmer.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
Hex Vision meanwhile dematerialized along with the rest of the illusion Wanda had conjured.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 26 Oct. 2024
When the overhead lights began to rhythmically rise and subside, the object dematerialized before my eyes.
—Tara Anne Dalbow, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2024
Their lines are strict and the palette is confined to two materials, grey granite and mirror (which dematerializes to become the view).
—Town & Country, 25 Aug. 2023
Their mission was a lofty one: to dematerialize any barriers between themselves and the beauty of the landscape.
—ELLE Decor, 24 May 2023
My interest in working with materials like light, color, water, fog, and other natural phenomena grew out of my desire to dematerialize the art object, to make things that were less physical than, say, ephemeral or atmospheric.
—Time, 27 Oct. 2022
How can the most miraculous material in the history of the world, funded up the wazoo, all but dematerialize?
—WIRED, 26 Aug. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dematerialize
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Maybe your flight was canceled, your luggage disappeared, you got stranded overseas, missed a cruise departure or learned a hard lesson the hard way.—
Josh Rivera,
USA Today,
21 June 2026
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But bikes like this are a reminder of why the lightweight enduro class refuses to disappear.—
Utkarsh Sood
June 20,
New Atlas,
20 June 2026
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Zafar Mawani and Guillermo Ortiz vanished on May 20 after reportedly leaving their home near Mexico City to buy a chair lift for Mawani's ailing mother.—
Charlie De Mar,
CBS News,
20 June 2026
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By detecting these gamma rays, astronomers can trace the lingering remnants of ancient supernovae long after the original stars have vanished.—
Sam Macdonald,
Scientific American,
19 June 2026
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Just faded to a dark backdrop of the forgotten.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 June 2026
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After Flowering As soon as the blooms fade, cut the flower stalk at the stalk base on an angle using sharp pruners, says Eric Nieusma, co-owner of Maine Hill Farm.—
SJ McShane,
Martha Stewart,
18 June 2026
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“Dematerialize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dematerialize. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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