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evaporated

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verb

past tense of evaporate

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Recent Examples of evaporated
Adjective
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
Democrats’ jubilation over the prospect of claiming four new Virginia House seats evaporated on Friday, cementing a new GOP advantage in the mid-decade congressional redistricting war. Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 8 May 2026 Our protoplanetary disk has long since evaporated, as has any trace of a circumstellar debris disk. Big Think, 8 May 2026 As Washington tore down a championship team, trading stars for prospects and letting core pieces walk in free agency, Corbin’s effectiveness evaporated. Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 7 May 2026 Dallas’ depth scoring evaporated. Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 2 May 2026 And when the jobs evaporated, the businesses closed, one by one, heartbreak by heartbreak. Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 30 Apr. 2026 But then his command evaporated in the third, and the lead along with it. Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 29 Apr. 2026 In that moment, all the troubles that Springsteen and the audience had commiserated over during the first third of the concert evaporated into a place of uninhibited, joyous nostalgia. Ben Crandell, Sun Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2026 The Knicks built an 11-point first quarter lead that evaporated and became a one-point deficit four minutes into the second quarter when Brown sent Brunson and Towns to the bench in favor of a lineup featuring Mitchell Robinson, OG Anunoby, Landry Shamet, Jordan Clarkson and Miles McBride. Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evaporated
Adjective
  • Its water sample tested for dissolved solids, oil and grease, chlorides, sulfates, temperature and oxygen — all of which were within the bounds of Tesla’s permit.
    Arcelia Martin, San Antonio Express-News, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Kuwait’s emir dissolved parliament in May 2024 and embarked on a regulatory overhaul and citizenship crackdown.
    Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 12 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • That said, a shorter mortgage term can mean larger monthly payments, thanks to the condensed timeframe (depending on how much of a mortgage balance is being refinanced).
    Matt Richardson, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Get out the frozen peaches and sweetened condensed milk, and your blender.
    Victoria Spencer, Martha Stewart, 21 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • In a separate attack, his brother was killed in front of him; two of his siblings have disappeared and are still missing.
    Annie Hylton, New Yorker, 14 May 2026
  • But as production costs rose and financing grew more risk-averse, those ambitious historical spectacles gradually disappeared from the big screen, replaced by smaller auteur dramas, comedies and internationally portable genre films.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
Adjective
  • The higher credit scores are more heavily concentrated in the Upper Midwest and New England area, while the lower scores tend to be clustered in the southern United States.
    Alexandria White,Ryley Amond, CNBC, 13 May 2026
  • The powdered cleaners and concentrated soaps can irritate your skin, eyes and lungs if handled directly.
    Ryan Brennan May 13, Kansas City Star, 13 May 2026
Verb
  • For more than 40 days, the former Venezuelan police officers said, two of their colleagues simply vanished inside El Helicoide.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 11 May 2026
  • Around 13 years after Madeleine vanished without a trace, German prosecutors named Christian Brueckner as a suspect in her disappearance.
    Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 11 May 2026
Verb
  • When the final notes faded, the audience erupted.
    ABC News, ABC News, 13 May 2026
  • As the May 4 victory vibes in the Royals’ clubhouse faded toward facing the next day, Jac Caglianone stood in front of his locker in the dwindling room, processing the night and some last questions.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 13 May 2026
Adjective
  • 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
  • The hundreds of rats and mice were sick and had to be treated twice a day with vaporized medicine.
    Kelly Puente, Nashville Tennessean, 25 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Once stabilized, rapidly increasing the heat melted the lithium hydroxide more evenly around the particles.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 14 May 2026
  • Years of angst over the changing of the guard at the media giant, Dow Jones component and larger-than-life American capitalist symbol melted away.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 13 May 2026

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“Evaporated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evaporated. Accessed 16 May. 2026.

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