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as in to disappear
to cease to be visible
as the mist dissolved in the morning sun
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2
as in to disband
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 to abolish
to put an end to by formal action
the king simply dissolved parliament
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as in to dissipate
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 dissolve
The act eliminates the Grad PLUS loan program, imposes strict caps on Parent PLUS loans, dissolves multiple existing repayment plans, and introduces a single Repayment Assistance Plan (RAP) set to launch in July 2026.
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Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2025
And that’s also a place where those familiar postures — the brooding cowboy, the angsty writer — start to dissolve.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2025
Earlier this year, Delta dissolved its eight-year partnership with Lyft and brought its loyalty program to ride-hailing competitor Uber.
—Samantha Subin, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025
Sheinbaum, like her predecessor Andrés Manuel López Obrador, has chosen not to maintain a Presidential Guard, which was dissolved in 2018.
—Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025
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Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2025
And that’s also a place where those familiar postures — the brooding cowboy, the angsty writer — start to dissolve.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2025
Earlier this year, Delta dissolved its eight-year partnership with Lyft and brought its loyalty program to ride-hailing competitor Uber.
—Samantha Subin, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025
Sheinbaum, like her predecessor Andrés Manuel López Obrador, has chosen not to maintain a Presidential Guard, which was dissolved in 2018.
—Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissolve
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More than century later, Veblen’s theory hasn’t disappeared.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
9 Nov. 2025
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Pike played Amy Elliott Dunne opposite Ben Affleck’s Nick in director David Fincher's film adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s 2012 novel about a wife who mysteriously disappears.—
Jack Smart,
PEOPLE,
8 Nov. 2025
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With the victory, Gilmore disbanded the Club from Nowhere.—
Time,
Time,
6 Nov. 2025
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From the time that Soundgarden disbanded, my main focus was bringing Lily into the world.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
6 Nov. 2025
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For more than 100 years, enslaved people lived and labored in the colonies, but after the Revolutionary War, northern states eventually abolished most forms of enslavement by the early 1800s, led by Vermont in 1777.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
10 Nov. 2025
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Trump has spent the last week-plus pressuring Republicans to abolish the filibuster to end the government shutdown, now the longest in history, through a simple majority vote in the Senate.—
Christian Datoc,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Nov. 2025
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Any prospect of Republicans having a serious chance of keeping the Old Dominion this year was, at best, a mirage that dissipated months ago.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
4 Nov. 2025
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The results offer crucial confirmation for theoretical models about how magnetic turbulence carries and dissipates energy in the sun's upper atmosphere, Morton added.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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Pick devices that still get updates after the second product cycle, so bug fixes and security patches don’t vanish the moment a new model lands.—
William Jones,
jsonline.com,
11 Nov. 2025
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His title once gave him a degree of protection, but that safety net has vanished.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
10 Nov. 2025
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The courthouse is named after Osvaldo Soto, a Cuban-American lawyer who led the fight in the 1980s to repeal the county’s English-only ordinance that, among other things, stopped clerks from conducting courthouse weddings in Spanish.—
Douglas Hanks
November 10,
Miami Herald,
10 Nov. 2025
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The Boise City Council plans to repeal the city ordinance that allows a disorderly conduct misdemeanor charge for loitering on private property, according to a settlement agreement obtained by the Idaho Statesman.—
Alex Brizee,
Idaho Statesman,
10 Nov. 2025
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Dozens of California Highway Patrol officers in riot gear were deployed to disperse the crowd, and two people were detained, according to local reports.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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Protesters set fire to the municipal palace in Apatzingán late on Monday after a group of demonstrators threw stones at the building's windows, while riot police used tear gas to disperse protesters on Morelia, national media reported.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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For one night, under cold rain and flickering red lights, the noise faded.—
Ira Gorawara,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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Once summer flowers fade and growth stops, start cleaning up the garden.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Dissolve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissolve. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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