as in vanishing
to cease to be visible
the stranger disappeared into the mists, never to be seen again
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Recent Examples of disappearing
What has brought these species back while others are disappearing?
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Tom Langen, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2025
Younger Americans are worried that Social Security is disappearing.
—Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
No detail was overlooked, with two thin braids even dangling down and disappearing into the singers’ low-rise burgundy pants, like jack cables.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
Routine tasks are disappearing, specialized roles are emerging and AI literacy is now essential for everyone.
—Richard Ricks, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The footage captures multiple moments of the feline appearing and reappearing over several hours, walking with purpose before disappearing off-screen and eventually returning.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
But what’s worrying about their presence disappearing faster at large public companies is the fact that early career pipelines are being completely disrupted.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
While some critics have praised Sweeney for disappearing into the role of the professional boxer, others say that’s all the movie has going for it.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2025
The same message came Wednesday after another offensive disappearing act.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
Tom Langen, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2025
Younger Americans are worried that Social Security is disappearing.
—Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
No detail was overlooked, with two thin braids even dangling down and disappearing into the singers’ low-rise burgundy pants, like jack cables.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
Routine tasks are disappearing, specialized roles are emerging and AI literacy is now essential for everyone.
—Richard Ricks, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The footage captures multiple moments of the feline appearing and reappearing over several hours, walking with purpose before disappearing off-screen and eventually returning.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
But what’s worrying about their presence disappearing faster at large public companies is the fact that early career pipelines are being completely disrupted.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
While some critics have praised Sweeney for disappearing into the role of the professional boxer, others say that’s all the movie has going for it.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2025
The same message came Wednesday after another offensive disappearing act.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disappearing
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Demerzel shields the embryo with her body, and both are incinerated, vanishing in a white-hot instant, love and code consumed together.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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Grey’s son, Loren Grey, restored his father’s original ending in the novel’s 1982 Pocket Books reprint, but the vanishing mythos remains intact, with the last of the tribe wistfully following Curtis’s Navajo into the temporal graveyard of the past.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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But with its novelty fading and political scrutiny mounting, its long-term future in America is far from secure.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Sep. 2025
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The sturdy plastic housings resist fading and cracking and are brown in color to blend with most outdoor surfaces.—
Miles Walls,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 Sep. 2025
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If this conveyor belt of warm, salty water were disrupted — say, by an influx of freshwater from melting Greenland ice, or warmer ocean temperatures — the result could be catastrophic.—
Gregory Barber,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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The style fused the sleek polish of a wet look with a deep, sculptural wave that framed the face before melting seamlessly into a bun.—
Essence,
Essence,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Disappearing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disappearing. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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