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to cease to be visible
the stranger disappeared into the mists, never to be seen again
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Recent Examples of disappeared
The Denver Post, Denver Post, 12 Mar. 2026
But others in Paine — where 70 people were forcibly disappeared under the Pinochet dictatorship, more than in any other municipality in Chile — are less optimistic about the rise to power of a supporter of the regime.
—John Bartlett, NPR, 11 Mar. 2026
On July 1, 2020, Los Angeles County‘s Department of Children and Family Services contacted the Sheriff’s Department about a girl who disappeared from Duarte, according to a news release.
—Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026
A week after Christy disappeared, Williams installed a concrete pad in his backyard, which detectives found suspicious.
—Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 11 Mar. 2026
Fraser disappeared after Caleb Miske was fatally injured in a car crash in 2015.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2026
Nancy Guthrie disappeared on February 1.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 10 Mar. 2026
Then the pattern broke, and the footpath traversed the upper slope and disappeared into a high hanging canyon, which must have led to a still higher place that someone once wanted to reach, and, perhaps, from there the trail continued even further to some unseen valley beyond the mountains.
—Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026
That research also used a sibling-comparison design, and again, the apparent association disappeared once the scientists compared siblings — suggesting other factors may explain the pattern.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 10 Mar. 2026
Verb
Mumma, 44, is charged with tampering with a deceased human body and tampering with evidence in connection with the death of Gratton, a 34-year-old transgender woman from Denver who disappeared in April and was found dead in a Lakewood alley in June.
—The Denver Post, Denver Post, 12 Mar. 2026
But others in Paine — where 70 people were forcibly disappeared under the Pinochet dictatorship, more than in any other municipality in Chile — are less optimistic about the rise to power of a supporter of the regime.
—John Bartlett, NPR, 11 Mar. 2026
On July 1, 2020, Los Angeles County‘s Department of Children and Family Services contacted the Sheriff’s Department about a girl who disappeared from Duarte, according to a news release.
—Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026
A week after Christy disappeared, Williams installed a concrete pad in his backyard, which detectives found suspicious.
—Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 11 Mar. 2026
Fraser disappeared after Caleb Miske was fatally injured in a car crash in 2015.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2026
Nancy Guthrie disappeared on February 1.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 10 Mar. 2026
Then the pattern broke, and the footpath traversed the upper slope and disappeared into a high hanging canyon, which must have led to a still higher place that someone once wanted to reach, and, perhaps, from there the trail continued even further to some unseen valley beyond the mountains.
—Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026
That research also used a sibling-comparison design, and again, the apparent association disappeared once the scientists compared siblings — suggesting other factors may explain the pattern.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 10 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disappeared
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Those photographs provided additional evidence confirming the survival of the species — an animal that scientists had believed vanished from the planet thousands of years ago.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Mar. 2026
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Several other wide receivers vanished off the market in the opening hours of free agency negotiations.—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
9 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Ocean water contains dissolved salts, and when ice forms, most of these salts are pushed out of the crystal structure.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Mar. 2026
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Kuwait’s emir dissolved parliament in May 2024 and embarked on a regulatory overhaul and citizenship crackdown.—
Mohammed Sergie,
semafor.com,
25 Feb. 2026
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The legal battle faded to the background.—
Lex Harvey,
CNN Money,
11 Mar. 2026
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Synchronized blinking faded when the researchers sped up the Bach chorales to 120 beats per minute.—
Jesse Greenspan,
Scientific American,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Disappeared.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disappeared. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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