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dissipated

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verb

past tense of dissipate

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of dissipated
Adjective
Doctors deal each day with tales of the worried, sullen, skeptical, dissipated, desperate. Michael Stein, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Nov. 2022 White’s dissipated dark side was no secret to his friends. Nancy Bilyeau, Town & Country, 1 Feb. 2022 The break is so complete that there was little left to tell, just a few years in which Capote becomes a dissipated caricature of himself on the way to a lonely and pitiful death. al, 11 Oct. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissipated
Adjective
  • The Freshwater Challenge is an initiative of countries—currently 49 countries plus the European Union—that have committed to collectively restoring 300,000 kilometers of degraded rivers and 350 million hectares of degraded wetlands.
    Jeff Opperman, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
  • The resulting service gaps leave service providers relying on alternate methods that in many places result in a degraded customer interaction.
    Glenn Katz, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • This person needs to be able to coordinate with everyone from local business owners to concerned citizens to state officials who make decisions about how funding is dispersed.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
  • In our grandparents’ day, families weren’t dispersed across the country, and family members often took care of their frail relatives.
    Steve Vernon, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • By this logic, reducing the time spent on task initiation can increase your overall productivity, with more time spent on actual work rather than task transitioning.
    Daniel Wendt, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
  • She’s spent over five years researching, reporting on, and writing about the beauty industry for publications like Martha Stewart Living, Martha Stewart Weddings, InStyle, and Byrdie.
    Adam Mansuroglu, WWD, 27 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • She’s disappeared into history.
    Nick Miller, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
  • The ball literally disappeared for a couple of seconds.
    David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • That included former interim U.S. Attorney Danielle Sassoon, who wrote in her resignation letter that Adams had entered into a corrupt quid pro quo with Trump to get rid of his case by offering immigration enforcement assistance in exchange for a dismissal.
    Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 10 May 2025
  • He has been banned for life from the city of Bonita Springs, having once sunk a corrupt city councilman’s party barge, but shows little remorse.
    Amy Weiss-Meyer, The Atlantic, 8 May 2025
Verb
  • The Huskies also lost a trio of transfers after 2021-22 — Piath Gabriel (UMass), Mir McLean (Virginia, Maryland) and Saylor Poffenbarger (Arkansas, Maryland) — who all averaged less than five minutes of playing time in their UConn careers.
    Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Atlanta lost Charlie Morton and Max Fried in the offseason before losing Reynaldo López to a shoulder injury this year.
    Daniel R. Depetris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Stir well until fully dissolved, then finish by adding a lemon-lime beverage of your choice.
    Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Phil Mickelson admitted Friday that the tensions between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf have not completely dissolved, despite ongoing negotiations between the two circuits.
    Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Parents might use those days to stay home with a sick child, while others might use a non-work day to help a family member in need or take a pet to the vet.
    Lieke ten Brummelhuis, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
  • This is a vital step not just for those currently facing a terminal diagnosis, but for the many Californians who aren’t sick now but may be someday.
    Christie Golemb, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2025

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“Dissipated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissipated. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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