disappearing

present participle of disappear

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of disappearing As Fortune reported, a generation watching AI hollow out entry-level work is increasingly deciding to skip corporate careers altogether rather than line up for a bottom rung that's disappearing anyway. Alli Kushner, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026 Public records related to the LAPD began disappearing from a city of Los Angeles website last April, according to a UCLA professor. Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026 As focus shifts to the presidential primaries, Trump risks disappearing from the headlines. Jonathan Lemire, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026 The incident echoes a similar situation reported last year, when hundreds of Claude conversations briefly appeared in search engine results before disappearing. Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 27 July 2026 Fischer never returned to Rhode Island Superior Court after disappearing during his trial in April 2005. Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026 There’s something endearing about one of the world’s most prestigious motorcycle makers almost disappearing into oblivion and making a full-fledged resurgence with a fresh approach. New Atlas, 21 July 2026 Across the country and across Illinois, farmland is disappearing at an alarming rate. Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026 The creature, smaller than a house cat and uniquely round, waddled across a patch of grass before climbing a staircase and disappearing over a fence. Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disappearing
Verb
  • Meanwhile, hopes for a new round of talks to cobble together another ceasefire are vanishing.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 18 July 2026
  • His 2025 mysterious vanishing act is now a transaction-in-waiting on the business side, set to follow Jauan Jennings out the door.
    Cam Inman, Mercury News, 17 July 2026
Verb
  • The successor to the Tour de France Féminin, the Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale, operated for years in a state of underfunding before fading from the calendar entirely.
    Lindsey Darvin, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • Yet the company does have contend with fading interest from its existing consumer base; most users tend to use the product less after two weeks, except for momentary bumps from competitions.
    Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 30 July 2026
Verb
  • Her aunt gave her a warm piece with margarine melting at the center.
    Rachel Yoder, New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The Springfield Sliders became the Lucky Horseshoes in 2022, swapping out their Abraham Lincoln logo for a horseshoe swinging a french fry bat, complete with a drip of melting cheese.
    Kendra Nordin Beato, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Aug. 2026

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“Disappearing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disappearing. Accessed 3 Aug. 2026.

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