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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
Robert Lea, Space.com, 15 Jan. 2026
Investor confidence has withered in the wake of a corruption scandal, as probes discovered that $2 billion in government funding for flood management projects had disappeared.
—Angelica Ang, Fortune, 14 Jan. 2026
Somewhere along the way, the dinner middle ground disappeared.
—Allyson Reedy, Denver Post, 14 Jan. 2026
Erica Fox, a 55-year-old triathlete, disappeared in in Lover's Point with more than a dozen other people swimming with her.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 14 Jan. 2026
Hundreds more Venezuelan immigrants have been sent to Alligator Alcatraz, where the Miami Herald reported that two-thirds of the more than eighteen hundred migrants detained last July had essentially disappeared from public records.
—Armando Ledezma, New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2026
Detainees who entered the facility disappeared from the normal detainee tracking system and had difficulty accessing legal help, the lawsuit said.
—Mike Schneider, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2026
Counseling support and safe clinics have disappeared.
—Majirata Latela, The Dial, 13 Jan. 2026
Even worse for him, the cash ripped from his waist and disappeared into the darkness.
—Johnny Dodd, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
Verb
The latter is an entirely new class of cosmic objects in the early universe that appear to have disappeared before the cosmos was around 2 billion years old.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 15 Jan. 2026
Investor confidence has withered in the wake of a corruption scandal, as probes discovered that $2 billion in government funding for flood management projects had disappeared.
—Angelica Ang, Fortune, 14 Jan. 2026
Somewhere along the way, the dinner middle ground disappeared.
—Allyson Reedy, Denver Post, 14 Jan. 2026
Erica Fox, a 55-year-old triathlete, disappeared in in Lover's Point with more than a dozen other people swimming with her.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 14 Jan. 2026
Hundreds more Venezuelan immigrants have been sent to Alligator Alcatraz, where the Miami Herald reported that two-thirds of the more than eighteen hundred migrants detained last July had essentially disappeared from public records.
—Armando Ledezma, New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2026
Detainees who entered the facility disappeared from the normal detainee tracking system and had difficulty accessing legal help, the lawsuit said.
—Mike Schneider, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2026
Counseling support and safe clinics have disappeared.
—Majirata Latela, The Dial, 13 Jan. 2026
Even worse for him, the cash ripped from his waist and disappeared into the darkness.
—Johnny Dodd, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disappeared
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Specialized districts, from meatpacking to printing, didn’t disappear because demand vanished.—
Parin Moradiya,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Jan. 2026
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Prices of basic goods like cooking oil and chicken dramatically spiked overnight, and some products vanished all together.—
Mostafa Salem,
CNN Money,
8 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Heat decreases the amount of dissolved oxygen in water.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
22 Sep. 2025
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This was when Earth’s oceans witnessed an oceanic anoxic event, where vast areas became severely depleted of dissolved oxygen.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Liverpool kept winning and the issue faded from public view.—
Simon Hughes,
New York Times,
14 Jan. 2026
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After nearly 80 years, hope for answers to the infamous 1947 Black Dahlia murder had faded into nothingness.—
Peter Larsen,
Oc Register,
14 Jan. 2026
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“Disappeared.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disappeared. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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