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
That doesn’t mean the drama is disappearing completely.
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Annie Blay-Tettey, Allure, 19 Feb. 2026
Sometimes, these platforms use disappearing messages.
—Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 18 Feb. 2026
Most campaigns blend into the background, circulating and disappearing with little emotional traction.
—Yiling Pan, Vogue, 17 Feb. 2026
All this is particularly noteworthy in today’s era, where such leadership virtues are seemingly in decline, if not disappearing.
—Michael Peregrine, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026
Hagedorn predicted this all could lead to Crank’s margins noticeably shrinking — but not disappearing.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 16 Feb. 2026
Measure out the width of your appliance, cut it to that size, and then stuff it into the gapped area to stop items from disappearing into the abyss.
—Candace Madonna, The Spruce, 15 Feb. 2026
The brand dominated India in the 1970s–80s before disappearing.
—Mina Haque, Fortune, 15 Feb. 2026
The Today co-host’s mother has been missing for four days after disappearing from her Arizona home.
—Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 5 Feb. 2026
Annie Blay-Tettey, Allure, 19 Feb. 2026
Sometimes, these platforms use disappearing messages.
—Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 18 Feb. 2026
Most campaigns blend into the background, circulating and disappearing with little emotional traction.
—Yiling Pan, Vogue, 17 Feb. 2026
All this is particularly noteworthy in today’s era, where such leadership virtues are seemingly in decline, if not disappearing.
—Michael Peregrine, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026
Hagedorn predicted this all could lead to Crank’s margins noticeably shrinking — but not disappearing.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 16 Feb. 2026
Measure out the width of your appliance, cut it to that size, and then stuff it into the gapped area to stop items from disappearing into the abyss.
—Candace Madonna, The Spruce, 15 Feb. 2026
The brand dominated India in the 1970s–80s before disappearing.
—Mina Haque, Fortune, 15 Feb. 2026
The Today co-host’s mother has been missing for four days after disappearing from her Arizona home.
—Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 5 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disappearing
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Las Culturistas cohost Bowen Yang, who recently departed SNL and has a thriving career in movies and TV, grows reflective at the thought of the traditional late-night format vanishing altogether—and with it the power to speak to a wide range of Americans all at once.—
Joy Press,
Vanity Fair,
19 Feb. 2026
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Stitt and Moore are the leaders of the National Governors Association, one of a vanishing few bipartisan institutions left in American politics.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Feb. 2026
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He’s spurred to do so, however, by Roza (Michelle Tzontchev), a single parent who now tellingly goes by the anglicized Rose, but is troubled by her growing distance (and more so, her young son’s) from her cultural roots — and her fading memories of a mother who didn’t travel and change with them.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
16 Feb. 2026
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The engines fading into something that felt like disbelief.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 Feb. 2026
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The prolonged below-freezing temperatures prevented the snow pack from melting for an extended time, reflecting sunlight and limiting natural warming, keeping it colder and the energy demand higher, AccuWeather reported.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
15 Feb. 2026
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Following a period of heavy rain and melting snow, the River Raisin swelled, breaking up its icy surface.—
Ahmad Bajjey,
CBS News,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Disappearing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disappearing. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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