as in faded
to cease to be visible
the stranger disappeared into the mists, never to be seen again
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as in vanished
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Recent Examples of disappeared
Nick Miller, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
And yet, this unexpectedly addicting appetizer disappeared quickly from the buffet table, and everyone was bestowing compliments on me.
—Jill Schildhouse, Southern Living, 12 Apr. 2025
The ball literally disappeared for a couple of seconds.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Apr. 2025
That item has now disappeared from the DOGE website, and its current status remains unclear.
—Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 11 Apr. 2025
The gangs disappeared—there one week and gone the next.
—Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2025
Peng then disappeared from public life, and within weeks, then-WTA chairman Steve Simon called for an investigation into her welfare.
—James Hansen, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
All four women had worked as online escorts and disappeared between 2007 and 2010.
—Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 31 Mar. 2025
There were concerns at the time that those federal funds had created a cliff — when the funding disappeared, the state would need to step in to prop up the industry.
—Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 31 Mar. 2025
Adjective
She’s disappeared into history.
—Nick Miller, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
And yet, this unexpectedly addicting appetizer disappeared quickly from the buffet table, and everyone was bestowing compliments on me.
—Jill Schildhouse, Southern Living, 12 Apr. 2025
The ball literally disappeared for a couple of seconds.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Apr. 2025
That item has now disappeared from the DOGE website, and its current status remains unclear.
—Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 11 Apr. 2025
The gangs disappeared—there one week and gone the next.
—Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2025
Peng then disappeared from public life, and within weeks, then-WTA chairman Steve Simon called for an investigation into her welfare.
—James Hansen, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
All four women had worked as online escorts and disappeared between 2007 and 2010.
—Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 31 Mar. 2025
There were concerns at the time that those federal funds had created a cliff — when the funding disappeared, the state would need to step in to prop up the industry.
—Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 31 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disappeared
vanished
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Some visions of moral progress look forward to a world in which the in-group/out-group distinction has vanished.—
Nikhil Krishnan,
The New Yorker,
23 Dec. 2024
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Continue reading … MISSING IN ACTION – Congresswoman who quietly vanished from Capitol Hill has been living in a retirement facility.—
Fox News,
Fox News,
23 Dec. 2024
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“Disappeared.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disappeared. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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