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evaporated

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verb

past tense of evaporate

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of evaporated
Adjective
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
With Bhumjaithai in control of both the internal levers of power and parliament, the prospects for progressive constitutional reform evaporated. Duncan McCargo, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2026 The Treasury Department intervened midweek to help, but, by Friday, the relief had evaporated. CBS News, 23 Aug. 2026 By the time the dust settled, some $230 million dedicated to fight global polio had evaporated. Eli Cahan, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026 That helped investors see the sell-off in AI infrastructure stocks that began in roughly late June and continued into July in a new light — specifically, the idea that the steep declines had reflected weakening fundamentals quickly evaporated. Zev Fima, CNBC, 17 Aug. 2026 The two-run lead evaporated in the bottom of the fifth when a rare Caleb Durbin defensive disaster created another game-tying opportunity. Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 12 Aug. 2026 Francesca Hong’s upset loss in Wisconsin’s Democratic gubernatorial primary marks the second straight week that a progressive Democrat’s double-digit polling lead evaporated on election night. Scott Clement, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2026 Two losing bets would have evaporated the remainder of the season’s profits and brought the home run bets into the red. Josh Shepardson, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 While Hogan was on an improvement trajectory, those gains have evaporated, to who knows where. Sheila Weinberg, Baltimore Sun, 9 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evaporated
Adjective
  • Filters that remove lead, dissolved solids, microplastics and other harmful contaminants.
    Joe Holberg, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026
  • If the water measures below 250 milligrams of ‘total dissolved solids’ per liter, that’s the green light.
    Simon Heptinstall, New Atlas, 9 July 2026
Adjective
  • 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
  • The gallery presents a condensed history of blue-and-white ceramics globally in dishes, starting in the Middle East with a 9th century Iraqi piece.
    Stephanie Shih June 17, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2026
Verb
  • And the Ku Klux Klan, though diminished from its earlier power, had not disappeared.
    Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The suite is named The Endeavour, after the airplane of a former owner’s daughter, aviatrix Elsie Mackay, who attempted to become the first woman to cross the Atlantic a year after Charles Lindbergh and sadly disappeared somewhere along the way.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Aug. 2026
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
Adjective
  • While the company's revenue is set to expand, its customer base – which consists largely of the cloud computing giants that run enterprise workloads for businesses – appears to be growing more concentrated.
    Tobias Burns, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026
  • However, Amodei has warned that the economic benefits of AI could become concentrated among a relatively small group of people.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Then, on July 31, shortly after 2 pm just off the coast of Dubai, the Kiku vanished.
    David Goldman, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Then that incredible precision vanished for an inning — and just an inning.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 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
  • Hogan had largely faded from the headlines since his reinstatement, continuing to prosecute mostly white-collar and financial crimes and winning his fair share of jury trials.
    Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026
  • The default setting also left colors looking faded, but raising the Saturation setting just a bit largely fixed that.
    M. David Stone, PC Magazine, 22 Aug. 2026

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“Evaporated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evaporated. Accessed 29 Aug. 2026.

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