as in vanishing
to cease to be visible
the image suddenly dematerialized, and once again we were staring at a blank screen
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Despite Hurricane Humberto vanishing off the map and Post-Tropical Cyclone Imelda safely out to sea, there’s no breather for the Atlantic this October.—
Alex Harris,
Miami Herald,
2 Oct. 2025 -
But those scraps of goodwill may be vanishing.—
Kim Velsey,
Curbed,
1 Oct. 2025
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Satellite imagery and field surveys show entire farming communities disappearing because their groundwater sources failed.—
Nik Kowsar,
Time,
2 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile, 200 kilometers away in the Syrian desert, a Bedouin family shares their daily life with Danielle, an intimate archive of a disappearing world.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
1 Oct. 2025
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Exterior signs are fading and machinery has been left around the site.—
Laurie Whitwell,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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While pie crust seems to be fading away, some chefs would rather think completely outside the box by creating a completely different crust.—
Amber Love Bond,
Southern Living,
4 Oct. 2025
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When temperatures started heating up, ice caps began melting, causing water from the Appalachian Mountains to flow into the Apalachicola River and eventually all the way down to the coast.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
7 Oct. 2025
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There's something so deeply satisfying about winnowing a huge capital ship down to its smallest components, finding critical welds and junctures, and melting them apart with your heat laser.—
Alan Bradley,
Space.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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