as in to vanish
to cease to be visible
the stranger disappeared into the mists, never to be seen again
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Recent Examples of disappear
Earhart disappeared over the Pacific Ocean in 1937.
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Zac Anderson, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
Minutes later, officers arrived at the apartment in the 8000 block of Dowitch Lane only to find that Harris had died, and the man who shot him had disappeared.
—Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 26 Sep. 2025
Updates appear once daily and disappear after 24 hours unless users save them or ask follow-up questions, which converts them into standard chat conversations.
—Benj Edwards, ArsTechnica, 25 Sep. 2025
Then, inexplicably, the magic disappeared, as Chevrolet drivers claimed the trophy in the three most recent races at the Wyandotte County track.
—Reid Spencer, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2025
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Zac Anderson, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
Minutes later, officers arrived at the apartment in the 8000 block of Dowitch Lane only to find that Harris had died, and the man who shot him had disappeared.
—Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 26 Sep. 2025
Updates appear once daily and disappear after 24 hours unless users save them or ask follow-up questions, which converts them into standard chat conversations.
—Benj Edwards, ArsTechnica, 25 Sep. 2025
Then, inexplicably, the magic disappeared, as Chevrolet drivers claimed the trophy in the three most recent races at the Wyandotte County track.
—Reid Spencer, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2025
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When Adkins flashed his lights on, Manchester kept running, grabbed the bag, dropped the bag, scaled a six-foot-fence and vanished into the weeds.—
Théoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Sep. 2025
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In one sequence—a team-bonding water balloon fight at Coach Hudson's (Steve Zahn) lake house—the gentle Chad Powers vanishes.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
30 Sep. 2025
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The present is always coming at us so hard and fast that the unexamined past fades more from consciousness in the echo chamber of the now.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
27 Sep. 2025
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Nobody buys an Alfa Romeo to fade into the crowd.—
Mark Phelan,
USA Today,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Disappear.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disappear. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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