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
All three of these signs pointed toward neutrino oscillation — neutrinos were, again, appearing and disappearing.
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Quanta Magazine, 8 Apr. 2026
That means researchers and everyday birdwatchers are finding species faster than new ones are disappearing from the record.
—Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2026
Those rich eight-figure pacts became measures of status for the busiest showrunner-producers (think Dick Wolf, Ryan Murphy and Shonda Rhimes) in the 1990s and 2000s, but now are disappearing fast.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 8 Apr. 2026
The Apollo 8 photo, however, showed Earth reemerging into view, rather than disappearing, as astronauts Bill Anders, Frank Borman and Jim Lovell circumnavigated the moon.
—Denise Chow, NBC news, 7 Apr. 2026
But then again, some details have a way of disappearing.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Apr. 2026
Last season, in the run-up to his 12th national title, UConn coach Geno Auriemma warned that parity was disappearing from women’s college basketball.
—Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 5 Apr. 2026
In simple terms, the same geometric feature that prevents black holes from disappearing also explains why particles have mass.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 4 Apr. 2026
Cicada’s disappearing routine Scientists who hunt for unusual Covid-19 variants waited to give this one a colloquial, or common, name.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2026
Quanta Magazine, 8 Apr. 2026
That means researchers and everyday birdwatchers are finding species faster than new ones are disappearing from the record.
—Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2026
Those rich eight-figure pacts became measures of status for the busiest showrunner-producers (think Dick Wolf, Ryan Murphy and Shonda Rhimes) in the 1990s and 2000s, but now are disappearing fast.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 8 Apr. 2026
The Apollo 8 photo, however, showed Earth reemerging into view, rather than disappearing, as astronauts Bill Anders, Frank Borman and Jim Lovell circumnavigated the moon.
—Denise Chow, NBC news, 7 Apr. 2026
But then again, some details have a way of disappearing.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Apr. 2026
Last season, in the run-up to his 12th national title, UConn coach Geno Auriemma warned that parity was disappearing from women’s college basketball.
—Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 5 Apr. 2026
In simple terms, the same geometric feature that prevents black holes from disappearing also explains why particles have mass.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 4 Apr. 2026
Cicada’s disappearing routine Scientists who hunt for unusual Covid-19 variants waited to give this one a colloquial, or common, name.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disappearing
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Between rising costs, vanishing support systems and nonstop scrutiny, parenthood, as Ej Dickson describes in One Bad Mother, has started to feel less like a choice than a trap.—
Micah Barkley,
Bloomberg,
10 Apr. 2026
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The Furry Tales coexisted with candy characters for about a decade before quietly vanishing in the 1980s.—
John Haddad,
The Conversation,
3 Apr. 2026
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Dylan’s Patreon is neither a brilliant multimedia project or a sign that his skills are fading.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
6 Apr. 2026
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But with game preservation increasingly becoming an important aspect in the industry, Defender seems to be a fading memory for older players, as well as an unknown game for younger ones.—
Daryl Baxter,
Space.com,
4 Apr. 2026
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The cave system flooded at the end of the last ice age — the end of the Pleistocene epoch — approximately 8,000 years ago, due to rising sea levels from melting ice.—
Ryan Brennan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Apr. 2026
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Rising sea levels from melting ice submerged the passages.—
Ryan Brennan
April 4,
Miami Herald,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Disappearing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disappearing. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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