disappearing

present participle of disappear

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of disappearing The slump has hit Los Angeles especially hard — with more than 50,000 jobs disappearing since 2022. Gene Maddaus, Variety, 19 Aug. 2026 Cofounder Crissy Fissbane agrees that face‑to‑face connection is resurging but doesn’t believe virtual networking is disappearing. Alison Coleman, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 Instead Justine shows up to slit his throat and take the baby from him, leaving him for dead; the child winds up disappearing with Holtz into a hell dimension. Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2026 Authorities that same year recovered the body of a man who reportedly drowned in 2002, another man who drowned in 1974, and the body of a man who died of as-yet-undetermined causes after disappearing in 1998. Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026 Rather than disappearing, many of South Florida’s botánicas are reinventing themselves to survive a changing city. Delia Sauer, Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2026 Now, a collection of photographs taken as that era was disappearing is bringing some of those families back into view. Brian Unger, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026 Those methods give scammers a better chance of disappearing with your money. Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2026 By the end of the year, McDonnell had hightailed it out of the country with her husband, the majority of the funds disappearing with her. Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disappearing
Verb
  • The taboos against assassination, targeting civilians, and embarking on wars of territorial conquest are vanishing.
    Mark Leonard, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
  • For a family member, an obit represents an imprimatur, validation by association, a keepsake that maintains their heritage and, perhaps for a generation, prevents their own legacy from vanishing like a walnut in the batter of eternity.
    Sam Roberts, Longreads, 11 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Petals that are fading, drooping, dropping off, or turning brown are all signs that the flower is reaching the end of its life and is ready to be removed.
    The Spruce, The Spruce, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Summer days may be fading away, but that just means the end-of-season sales are ready to shop.
    Carly Totten, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The system builds complex metal structures by melting steel wire with electric arcs.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Sunflower and jojoba seed oils do much of the makeup-melting work while replenishing skin with emollient moisture, and a supporting cast of ceramides, panthenol, hyaluronic acid, cica, and fig helps hydrate, soothe, and support the moisture barrier.
    Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 20 Aug. 2026

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“Disappearing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disappearing. Accessed 25 Aug. 2026.

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