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disappeared

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verb

past tense of disappear

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of disappeared
Verb
The message emerged nearly eight months after Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of Today co-host Savannah Guthrie, disappeared from her home outside of Tucson. — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 30 Sep. 2026 The original building eventually disappeared, but its legacy endured. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Sep. 2026 Once the family disappeared from view and made its way down the tunnel, Verlander finally allowed the magnitude of the moment to sink in. — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2026 Gold Shield, a once-popular West Coast brand, and Savarin, a longtime East Coast favorite, were among the coffee labels that eventually disappeared after changing hands. — Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026 Earlier works tinging with an obscure kind of darkness that hinted at tortured psychological states have all but disappeared from her work and living quarters in lieu of an elegant old world charm. — Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 29 Sep. 2026 It’s been nearly eight months since Nancy Guthrie disappeared, and though the first weeks were filled with much information and speculation, the last few months have given us little in the way of new facts. — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 29 Sep. 2026 At exactly the age when many young people would have been developing these skills in college, internships and early jobs, the room disappeared. — Jeff Leblanc, The Conversation, 25 Sep. 2026 Blanch estimates at least 350 million barrels have disappeared from the global above-ground oil inventories since levels peaked in March. — Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disappeared
Adjective
  • The company is developing a specialized fiber that captures dissolved uranium as seawater flows across its surface.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Tap water can contain dissolved minerals and treatment additives, such as fluoride and chlorine, that some plants are sensitive to.
    — Samantha Johnson, Martha Stewart, 4 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • But on Thursday came the news that the statue, a symbol of pride in the Old North Sacramento neighborhood, had vanished.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026
  • But the Rams’ 16-0 halftime lead literally vanished into thin air.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • One side was engraved with letters, but the inscription was hard to read, the markings were faded, almost as if they’d been scraped off.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The house was a metaphor for the coldness of a relationship that’s faded and atrophied.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 28 Sep. 2026

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“Disappeared.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disappeared. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.

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