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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
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
Lee's three-shot lead coming into Sunday's final round evaporated on a tumultuous front-nine with double bogeys at the par-4 5th and 9th which saw the South Korean surrender the lead to Zhang. ABC News, 8 Mar. 2026 Since then, the job market has evaporated in worrisome ways. Josh Boak, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2026 And the talent gap between Self’s program and the rest the Big 12 has all but evaporated thanks to NIL and other factors. Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2026 Add onions, bay leaf, salt, and 1/2 cup of the broth; cover, and cook, undisturbed, until most of the liquid has evaporated, about 10 minutes. Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2026 But when the plan veered off course and Raiola sustained a broken right fibula, the path forward for him at Nebraska evaporated. Mitch Sherman, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026 The stock market tumbled — three separate days — because of investors’ both bearish and bullish fears about AI, including Nvidia’s somewhat tepid outlook and a viral blog post that imagined a hypothetical scenario in which white-collar work evaporated. Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 28 Feb. 2026 Trabuco Hills’ 5-0 lead to start the game evaporated quickly. Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 28 Feb. 2026 The base is just coconut milk, condensed coconut milk, and evaporated coconut milk; ¼ teaspoon saffron steeped in 2 tablespoons boiling water lends a honeyed floral depth and an electric orange hue. Beth Kracklauer, Outside, 27 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evaporated
Adjective
  • Ocean water contains dissolved salts, and when ice forms, most of these salts are pushed out of the crystal structure.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Kuwait’s emir dissolved parliament in May 2024 and embarked on a regulatory overhaul and citizenship crackdown.
    Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 25 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • The pages flip like a Rolodex, doubling as a condensed history of evolving celebrity culture from old Hollywood to the counterculture of the ’70s and ’80s to the present day.
    Margaret Heidenry, Vanity Fair, 10 Mar. 2026
  • The condensed schedule has contributed to an increase in injuries across the league, and the Sabres have been hit as hard as any team.
    Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Mumma, 44, is charged with tampering with a deceased human body and tampering with evidence in connection with the death of Gratton, a 34-year-old transgender woman from Denver who disappeared in April and was found dead in a Lakewood alley in June.
    The Denver Post, Denver Post, 12 Mar. 2026
  • But others in Paine — where 70 people were forcibly disappeared under the Pinochet dictatorship, more than in any other municipality in Chile — are less optimistic about the rise to power of a supporter of the regime.
    John Bartlett, NPR, 11 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • The institute and federal ocean officials say those appendages, called cerata, hold the stinging cells in a concentrated form, making the slug’s sting especially potent.
    Dante Motley, Austin American Statesman, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The planned listing would give public investors a stake in Ackman's investment platform, which oversees a concentrated portfolio of large-cap companies, including Brookfield, Uber and Amazon as of the end of 2025.
    Yun Li, CNBC, 10 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Those photographs provided additional evidence confirming the survival of the species — an animal that scientists had believed vanished from the planet thousands of years ago.
    Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Several other wide receivers vanished off the market in the opening hours of free agency negotiations.
    Cam Inman, Mercury News, 9 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The legal battle faded to the background.
    Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Synchronized blinking faded when the researchers sped up the Bach chorales to 120 beats per minute.
    Jesse Greenspan, Scientific American, 11 Mar. 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
  • Chocolate Frosting For chocolate frosting, in a medium saucepan heat salted butter and unsweetened chocolate, cut up, over low until melted.
    Maddy Bendgen, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Add ½ cup melted schmaltz (chicken fat) or vegetable oil, 6 Tbsp.
    Molly Baz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Mar. 2026

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“Evaporated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evaporated. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.

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