1
as in vanishing
to cease to be visible
as the mist dissolved in the morning sun
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2
as in disbanding
to cease to exist or cause to cease to exist as a group or organization
the company formally dissolved three months after declaring bankruptcy
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as in abolishing
to put an end to by formal action
the king simply dissolved parliament
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as in dissipating
to go off in different directions and cease to exist as a body or unified whole
the clouds gradually dissolved, and the sun came out
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Recent Examples of dissolving
Last June, Altor, a private equity firm based in Stockholm, snapped up Renewcell’s assets and rechristened the company Circulose after its dissolving pulp product.
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Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 15 Sep. 2025
Glycerin helps maintain balance, so skin feels clarified, not stripped, while lecithin aids in dissolving debris, and myrtle leaf water provides an antioxidant boost.
—Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 12 Sep. 2025
The objections that stopped earlier attempts are now dissolving.
—Sandy Peng, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The study suggests that lying on the right side was the most effective at dissolving pills.
—Alyssa Hui-Anderson, Verywell Health, 8 Sep. 2025
Swift’s zigs and zags were well timed for cultural and technological shifts that were dissolving the very meaning of pop.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025
The two movies do share a portrait of capitalism in extremis, in which the race to hold onto increasingly smaller pieces of a rapidly dissolving pie feeds more surreal transgressions.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2025
The engineers at Santa Cruz have also been getting non-shipping requests for items such as dissolving planters to start gardens.
—Jia H. Jung, Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2025
Today, Warren-Thomas operates Nature Made Me, a full-service herbal apothecary and tea house in Kansas City, offering teas, tinctures (a medicine made by dissolving a drug in alcohol), consultations and community education.
—Kansas City Star, 23 Aug. 2025
Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 15 Sep. 2025
Glycerin helps maintain balance, so skin feels clarified, not stripped, while lecithin aids in dissolving debris, and myrtle leaf water provides an antioxidant boost.
—Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 12 Sep. 2025
The objections that stopped earlier attempts are now dissolving.
—Sandy Peng, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The study suggests that lying on the right side was the most effective at dissolving pills.
—Alyssa Hui-Anderson, Verywell Health, 8 Sep. 2025
Swift’s zigs and zags were well timed for cultural and technological shifts that were dissolving the very meaning of pop.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025
The two movies do share a portrait of capitalism in extremis, in which the race to hold onto increasingly smaller pieces of a rapidly dissolving pie feeds more surreal transgressions.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2025
The engineers at Santa Cruz have also been getting non-shipping requests for items such as dissolving planters to start gardens.
—Jia H. Jung, Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2025
Today, Warren-Thomas operates Nature Made Me, a full-service herbal apothecary and tea house in Kansas City, offering teas, tinctures (a medicine made by dissolving a drug in alcohol), consultations and community education.
—Kansas City Star, 23 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissolving
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The Kirkland Signature Butter Cinnamon Sugar Loaf, first spotted as early as 2017, has developed a reputation for vanishing from shelves for long stretches, leaving customers to wonder if it was discontinued or simply seasonal.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
20 Sep. 2025
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This mindset leads to silent burnout, broken health and brilliant people quietly vanishing from the workforce.—
Anastasia Paruntseva,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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With the group only set to work together for two-and-a-half years, IZ*ONE managed to sell nearly three million records across their K- and J-pop releases before officially disbanding in April 2021.—
Jeff Benjamin,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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The Turtles would release two more albums — 1968’s The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands and 1969’s Turtle Soup — before disbanding in 1970.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
5 Sep. 2025
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But in August, Putin signed a decree abolishing two presidential departments Kozak supervised, likely in preparation for his departure, the ISW said.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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Whereas opposition parties favored cutting or abolishing it, the ruling coalition of the LDP and Komeito—concerned that such a move would spook financial markets—instead offered one-time cash payments of roughly $140 per person to defray the cost of living.—
Mireya Solís,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Sep. 2025
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The official reason is that the latter is 20x more efficient at dissipating heat than titanium, but cost might be the real reason.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
10 Sep. 2025
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With a pressure resistance of up to 370 Newtons—which is around 37 times higher than standard memory cards—the cards should survive heavy impacts while also better dissipating thermal buildup during extended shooting sessions.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Under her leadership, the NYBG’s research team has expanded to 81 projects across 79 countries to conserve disappearing plant species, restore degraded ecosystems, and breed crops to withstand drought, sea level rise and extreme heat under climate change.—
Eduardo Garcia,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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All perfumes pull a disappearing act at some point during the day, but Coty has figured out a way to make their fragrances less fleeting.—
Megan McIntyre,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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Many others have also left quietly, dispersing across continents, carrying stories like mine.—
Sonny Alejandra,
Time,
18 Sep. 2025
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But the protoplanetary disks around these massive stars only last around 2 million years before dispersing — and that's not quite enough time to create gas giants.—
Stefanie Waldek,
Space.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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But in 1917, under the strain of wartime defense spending, lawmakers narrowed it by repealing the deduction for federal taxes.—
Joseph Thorndike,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Federal officials have said that repealing the rule would allow for more flexible management for local land managers and aid in preventing destructive wildfires.—
John Leos,
AZCentral.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Lingering bullishness The hype around European stocks might be fading, but most investors — as noted in BofA's survey findings — seem to be pricing in further upside.—
Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
24 Sep. 2025
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The filmmaker, whose most recent feature, The Last Showgirl, depicted Pamela Anderson and Jamie Lee Curtis as fading showgirls on the Las Vegas Strip, is serving on the Spanish film fest’s official jury this year.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Dissolving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissolving. Accessed 26 Sep. 2025.
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