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Recent Examples of dematerialize 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 This is often the case with Trader Joe’s, which is famous for having products materialize and dematerialize constantly. Susan Orlean, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dematerialize
Verb
  • The man formerly known as Robert Prevost has somewhat disappeared ...
    Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 29 June 2025
  • While the boldest headlines tell how people are literally snatched off the streets, are being disappeared to foreign prisons, news that often receives less attention reveals that our civil liberties are also being snatched up, one by one.
    Michael Pfleger, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2025
Verb
  • Jennifer Kesse, 24, vanished from her Orlando condo complex after leaving for work on the morning of Jan. 24, 2006, stumping both state and federal investigators as authorities raced to catch her abductor.
    Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 6 July 2025
  • After the second session, the tumor in my lung vanished.
    Tim Ryan, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 July 2025
Verb
  • Sunscreen, chlorine, saltwater, and even rough drying habits can wear down the fabric, leaving colors faded and suits stretched out.
    Gabi De la Rosa, Southern Living, 5 July 2025
  • The spark seemed to fade, then the extra effort went AWOL.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025

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“Dematerialize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dematerialize. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

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