as in vanishing
to cease to be visible
the stranger disappeared into the mists, never to be seen again
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Recent Examples of disappearing
Neanderthals, archaic humans who lived in Europe and Central Asia before disappearing around 40,000 years ago, are known to have lived alongside the Denisovans and interbred with them.
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Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
Additionally, submitting the list only weeks before the fiscal year ends, lawmakers must choose between accepting the plan and risking undermining Congress’s decisions on federal spending, or fighting and risking the money disappearing when the deadline passes, the paper added.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
Reports of baseball tickets disappearing from the app spiked around the beginning of September, according to an MLB source granted anonymity to discuss the matter.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Yet of their seven losses last season, including a postseason exit in the wild-card round, the Chargers failed to score more than 20 points in six of them, their offense disappearing.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 24 Sep. 2025
Africans were now being brought in to replace disappearing Taino, to pan rivers, dig mines, herd cows, and cut cane.
—Greg Grandin
september 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
Klinkamon’s adult child had a mental breakdown during the COVID-19 pandemic, disappearing for months and even at times leaving California.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 23 Sep. 2025
As new species are discovered around the world, others are disappearing without a trace.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2025
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
Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
Additionally, submitting the list only weeks before the fiscal year ends, lawmakers must choose between accepting the plan and risking undermining Congress’s decisions on federal spending, or fighting and risking the money disappearing when the deadline passes, the paper added.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
Reports of baseball tickets disappearing from the app spiked around the beginning of September, according to an MLB source granted anonymity to discuss the matter.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Yet of their seven losses last season, including a postseason exit in the wild-card round, the Chargers failed to score more than 20 points in six of them, their offense disappearing.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 24 Sep. 2025
Africans were now being brought in to replace disappearing Taino, to pan rivers, dig mines, herd cows, and cut cane.
—Greg Grandin
september 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
Klinkamon’s adult child had a mental breakdown during the COVID-19 pandemic, disappearing for months and even at times leaving California.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 23 Sep. 2025
As new species are discovered around the world, others are disappearing without a trace.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2025
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disappearing
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That kind of discovery is vanishing.—
Eric Markowitz,
Big Think,
23 Sep. 2025
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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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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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Such control over water’s freezing and melting properties could lead to safer and more efficient materials, potentially transforming energy storage and nanotechnology.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Sep. 2025
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Instead of directly producing explosions by melting shallow permafrost, a warming environment means lakes and thawed zones become more common and frozen ground along fault lines becomes weaker.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
21 Sep. 2025
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“Disappearing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disappearing. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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