as in faded
to cease to be visible
the stranger disappeared into the mists, never to be seen again
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Recent Examples of disappeared
Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
The resilience that disappeared north of the border was back.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
The film asserts itself as the remaining record of the filmmakers, who disappeared; what was then an eerie idea is now an unnerving reality.
—The Atlantic Culture Desk, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2025
Earhart and Noonan disappeared on July 2, 1937, while seeking Howland Island, nearly 400 miles (644 kilometers) northwest of Nikumaroro.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
The initiative analyzes archives of historical images for objects that have either disappeared in the present day or flashed only briefly (transient) in the night sky.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2025
Although the museum’s alarm system activated the moment the window was breached and police responded within three minutes, the thieves disappeared before authorities arrived.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Climate action plans from the Army, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard have quietly disappeared from public websites in recent months.
—Ames Alexander, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
In many cases, those who have been arrested are, in essence, disappeared into the federal penal system.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
The celebration was short-lived, however, when the smallest of the whales, a yearling biologists had named Bone and Inuit had named Kanik (or Snowflake) disappeared beneath the ice for good.
—Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
The resilience that disappeared north of the border was back.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
The film asserts itself as the remaining record of the filmmakers, who disappeared; what was then an eerie idea is now an unnerving reality.
—The Atlantic Culture Desk, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2025
Earhart and Noonan disappeared on July 2, 1937, while seeking Howland Island, nearly 400 miles (644 kilometers) northwest of Nikumaroro.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
The initiative analyzes archives of historical images for objects that have either disappeared in the present day or flashed only briefly (transient) in the night sky.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2025
Although the museum’s alarm system activated the moment the window was breached and police responded within three minutes, the thieves disappeared before authorities arrived.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Climate action plans from the Army, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard have quietly disappeared from public websites in recent months.
—Ames Alexander, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
In many cases, those who have been arrested are, in essence, disappeared into the federal penal system.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disappeared
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The most famous came in 1911, when Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa vanished from its frame—stolen by Italian decorator Vincenzo Peruggia and missing for more than two years before resurfacing in Florence.—
Barney Henderson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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The flow of migrants that kept Vargas and other raft pilots here busy for years, surging during the Biden administration, has vanished.—
Daniel Gonzalez,
AZCentral.com,
29 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Heat decreases the amount of dissolved oxygen in water.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
22 Sep. 2025
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This was when Earth’s oceans witnessed an oceanic anoxic event, where vast areas became severely depleted of dissolved oxygen.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Aug. 2025
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Seeking justice, centuries later Though the frenzy surrounding witchcraft in England faded in the decades following the Maidstone trial, and all laws criminalizing witchcraft have long since been repealed, the convictions of those women – and hundreds like them – still stand.—
James Frater,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
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That quirk of the JWST never faded, as the telescope naturally cocoons its targets in only the most deserving frames.—
Monisha Ravisetti,
Space.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Disappeared.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disappeared. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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