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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
Earhart and flight engineer Fred Noonan disappeared 89 years ago during an attempt to fly across the world. — ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026 Ask which mechanisms are still running, which were improved, which disappeared and why. — Rob Versaw, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026 Over 900 migrants died or disappeared along the route last year, according to IOM's Missing Migrants Project. — Jamey Keaten, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026 After its initial glory days in the 1950s and 1960s, when directors like Alfred Hitchcock and John Ford shot some of their best films in the format, VistaVision mostly disappeared as a primary capture medium for decades. — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 12 Oct. 2026 The threat from terrorism, too, has diminished but not disappeared. — Philip H. Gordon, Foreign Affairs, 12 Oct. 2026 In Afraid of Clowns, Frankie grows suspicious of Ringmaster Rollo and his troupe as their arrival in Redhaven (also the setting of Pumpkinhead) seems connected to a child who disappeared years earlier. — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2026 The flavor later disappeared along with Sealtest's ice cream line, but some fans still remember it fondly. — Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2026 Talarico disappeared late last month in the homestretch of the critical Senate race. — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 9 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disappeared
Adjective
  • Absorption methods have shown the ability to remove dissolved dyes without transforming them into potentially harmful off-products.
    — Jennifer Bringle, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The company is developing a specialized fiber that captures dissolved uranium as seawater flows across its surface.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, vanished 22,000 miles into their expedition.
    — Lana Zak, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
  • There, researchers have just announced that AI may help hasten the return of the extinct dodo, with the flightless bird, which vanished from the world more than 350 years ago, likely walking among us again sometime in the early 2030s.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 14 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Memories may have faded, or digital evidence could have been lost or deleted.
    — Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2026
  • The Chicago White Sox faded from the postseason with hardly any offense.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026

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“Disappeared.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disappeared. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.

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