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to cease to be visible
the stranger disappeared into the mists, never to be seen again
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Recent Examples of disappeared
CBS News, 3 June 2026
Protagonist Jo’s mother disappeared when Jo was a teen, tainting her daughter with the stain of possible witchcraft.
—Literary Hub, 2 June 2026
More than eight decades after USS Herring disappeared beneath the Pacific, the confirmation of its location provides a clearer picture of the submarine’s final moments while ensuring that the crew’s sacrifice is permanently documented in the historical record.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 2 June 2026
Lucas argued that those funds would have disappeared if the Royals chose to move out of the city, like how the city will lose tax revenue from the Chiefs when the NFL team moves to Kansas.
—Kansas City Star, 2 June 2026
As soon as all of those thoughts were in my head, the light just disappeared.
—Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 2 June 2026
The long ball, though, has disappeared in October, and it's wound up in the team's second-longest World Series drought since winning their first in 1923.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2026
The man said that his sister, Joyce Ann Hinson, had disappeared without a trace in late 1983.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 June 2026
Tens of thousands of children have been documented by human rights groups as having disappeared, yet there is little visible, community-level effort to find them.
—Sara Huston, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026
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Eight people, some of whom were related, disappeared on Sunday while traveling from Daule to Milagro, about 30 miles south of Babahoyo.
—CBS News, 3 June 2026
Protagonist Jo’s mother disappeared when Jo was a teen, tainting her daughter with the stain of possible witchcraft.
—Literary Hub, 2 June 2026
More than eight decades after USS Herring disappeared beneath the Pacific, the confirmation of its location provides a clearer picture of the submarine’s final moments while ensuring that the crew’s sacrifice is permanently documented in the historical record.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 2 June 2026
Lucas argued that those funds would have disappeared if the Royals chose to move out of the city, like how the city will lose tax revenue from the Chiefs when the NFL team moves to Kansas.
—Kansas City Star, 2 June 2026
As soon as all of those thoughts were in my head, the light just disappeared.
—Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 2 June 2026
The long ball, though, has disappeared in October, and it's wound up in the team's second-longest World Series drought since winning their first in 1923.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2026
The man said that his sister, Joyce Ann Hinson, had disappeared without a trace in late 1983.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 June 2026
Tens of thousands of children have been documented by human rights groups as having disappeared, yet there is little visible, community-level effort to find them.
—Sara Huston, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disappeared
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As these prey species vanished, the large sharks that relied on them also disappeared from the region.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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The American woman vanished from the Bahamas last month while on vacation with husband Brian Hooker.—
Kelsie Cairns,
FOXNews.com,
30 May 2026
Adjective
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By six days post-excision, the tissues saw a significant spike in the absorption of dissolved amino acids.—
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
29 May 2026
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The routine that follows is often tedious, involving measurements of temperature, salinity, oxygen levels and total dissolved solids.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Footwear News,
28 May 2026
Verb
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Any concerns about his health faded as the game wore on.—
Alejandro Avila,
FOXNews.com,
4 June 2026
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As public commemoration faded in Hong Kong, overseas communities were carrying the torch to keep memories alive by hosting vigils and rallies in places like London and Canada.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 June 2026
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“Disappeared.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disappeared. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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