evanesces

verb

present tense third-person singular of evanesce
as in disappears
to cease to be visible the kids' rainy-day gloom evanesced the minute they heard that we were going out for ice cream

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for evanesces
  1. disappears
  2. vanishes
  3. fades
  4. melts
Verb
  • Once that dialogue disappears, so does the ability to negotiate.
    — Chris Ryan, Forbes.com, 30 July 2026
  • Lorente’s The Bad Son focuses on 11-year-old Ruben, who has to move in with his grandmother when his father mysteriously disappears.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2026
Definition of disappears
Verb
  • That's why your rate vanishes at checkout, why one hotel shows on 30 channels at 30 slightly different prices and why a nice five-star in Bali takes nine seconds to say whether a room is free.
    — Abhinav Sinha, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • Green’s newfound intensity could merely be an early flash that vanishes by August, much less September.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 28 July 2026
Definition of vanishes
Verb
  • Every successful technology eventually fades into the background while those fundamentals remain.
    — Michael Edmondson, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Even after his offence fades, Bouchard’s ability to move the puck out of the zone will have high value.
    — Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 31 July 2026
Definition of fades
Verb
  • As Textile Exchange notes, thermomechanical recycling—which essentially melts plastics down to create new pellets—has a couple limitations.
    — Sarah Jones, Footwear News, 21 July 2026
  • For this classic treat, bananas are seared in a butter-brown sugar sauce, then topped with vanilla ice cream, which melts slightly from the warmth.
    — Victoria Spencer, Martha Stewart, 3 July 2026
Definition of melts
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