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adjective

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as in dissolved

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as in condensed

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verb

past tense of evaporate
as in disappeared
to cease to be visible by mid-morning the fog that had enshrouded the island had just evaporated

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Recent Examples of evaporated
Adjective
And then there’s sea salt, made from evaporated seawater and has trace amounts of minerals. — Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2026 Six cans of evaporated milk were rusted enough to draw Stop Sales. — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 14 May 2026 Bavishi suggested popping a can of coconut milk in the fridge, letting the cream solidify on top, and skimming that off to use as a low-moisture replacement for the evaporated coconut milk. — Beth Kracklauer, Outside, 27 Feb. 2026
Verb
The smallest of these would have evaporated quickly, disappearing from the cosmos long ago. — Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026 Anyone who regularly follows dark matter news knows that past tantalizing anomalies evaporated as more data came in. — ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026 Conventional pipelines for selling and showing design were stagnating, and heritage manufacturer contracts had evaporated. — Adrian Madlener, Curbed, 30 Sep. 2026 Pour in ¼ cup sake and cook until evaporated, about 2 minutes. — Tadashi Ono & Harris Salat, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 Sep. 2026 Stir in beer and cook until has mostly evaporated, about 10 minutes longer. — Elizabeth Nelson, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2026 In the wake of the 2023 Hollywood strikes, verticals became a lifeline for cast and crew as traditional jobs evaporated. — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026 Alcaraz’s status as reigning champion evaporated into the sky. — James Hansen, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026 Cook, stirring occasionally, until the milk has almost completely evaporated, about 15 minutes. — ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evaporated
  1. dissolved
  2. condensed
  3. disappeared
  4. melted
  5. concentrated
  6. vanished
  7. vaporized
  8. faded
Adjective
  • The company is developing a specialized fiber that captures dissolved uranium as seawater flows across its surface.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Tap water can contain dissolved minerals and treatment additives, such as fluoride and chlorine, that some plants are sensitive to.
    — Samantha Johnson, Martha Stewart, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of dissolved
Adjective
  • The play is essentially a condensed version of Jaku’s memoir, but there’s one big difference.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
  • While cake is cooling, whisk together cold water, sweetened condensed milk, and pudding mix in a large bowl until smooth.
    — Erin Merhar, Southern Living, 13 July 2026
Definition of condensed
Verb
  • Now that raw capability is no longer scarce, the excuse for hiding behind these proxies has quietly disappeared.
    — Vikas Verma, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The show centers on Michael Sleep (Pearce Quigley), who has been living like something of a hermit since his girlfriend Clea disappeared without a trace seven years ago.
    — Andrew Webster, The Verge, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of disappeared
Adjective
  • Bacalao with melted leeks comes from the Spanish side of Lane’s brain, finished with a South American seaweed salt for umami and grip.
    — David Hochman, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of melted
Adjective
  • The system generates electrical power and converts it into a highly concentrated beam.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2026
  • First, the sequence pays homage to the nightclub scene in Gilda (1946), in which Rita Hayworth dances in a long shot amid ogling male patrons, tracked by a concentrated spotlight.
    — Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of concentrated
Verb
  • But on Thursday came the news that the statue, a symbol of pride in the Old North Sacramento neighborhood, had vanished.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026
  • But the Rams’ 16-0 halftime lead literally vanished into thin air.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of vanished
Adjective
  • The eruption column soared more than 55 km, pushing vaporized seawater up into the stratosphere, and the pressure wave from the explosion was detected across the globe.
    — Yook Ji Hun, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The fiery atmospheric reentries of satellites would be a source of pollution, too, dumping significant amounts of vaporized metal and plastic into our planet’s fragile upper atmosphere.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 6 Mar. 2026
Definition of vaporized
Verb
  • The ultimate ambition is to scour records and surface new stories about people whose lives have faded away over the centuries.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Countless lonely young ones over the years have heard themselves in Team Dresch’s music, which is why their music has never faded away.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of faded

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