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disappeared

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verb

past tense of disappear

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Recent Examples of disappeared
Verb
Giveaway jerseys disappeared in 30 minutes on Valkyries Day at a San Francisco Giants game. Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026 The pair disappeared from view and reemerged after several seconds as the wave receded. ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026 If artificial intelligence disappeared tomorrow, would my current performance measures still identify my highest-performing employees? Michael Edmondson, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026 Her mother’s decline was slow, a burden that began to accumulate as her mother disappeared in degrees. Sai Rajagopal, STAT, 4 Aug. 2026 Thayne Alan Smika disappeared in 1986, after a grand jury in Colorado declined to charge him in the death of his roommate Sid Wells. Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2026 Skinny sunglasses disappeared in the early ’70s, as Foster Grants, cowboy boots, and double denim came rushing in (on a horse, obviously) and men started nodding their heads in unison to the Eagles and Fleetwood Mac. Dylan Jones, Robb Report, 3 Aug. 2026 McComber disappeared the same day Banks' remains were discovered. Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 22 July 2026 When scientists temporarily disabled mole-rats’ olfactory sensory neurons with chemicals, the aggression towards strangers disappeared. Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 21 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disappeared
Adjective
  • Filters that remove lead, dissolved solids, microplastics and other harmful contaminants.
    Joe Holberg, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026
  • If the water measures below 250 milligrams of ‘total dissolved solids’ per liter, that’s the green light.
    Simon Heptinstall, New Atlas, 9 July 2026
Verb
  • Hardy recalled seeing Dale painting a rusty fertilizer tank in that barn in the days after Dee vanished.
    Kelly Allen, PEOPLE, 1 Aug. 2026
  • In New York City, as many as 13,500 housing units vanished into the short-term rental void, driving up rents for actual residents by hundreds of dollars a year.
    Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 31 July 2026
Verb
  • As daylight faded, visitors explored inside the grand hall and wandered the gardens before the night ended with hot air balloon rides and fireworks over the property.
    Sophia Buonpane, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The reliever the Phillies saw in his first full season as a rookie has faded into a less-reliable version.
    Matt Gelb, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026

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“Disappeared.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disappeared. Accessed 8 Aug. 2026.

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