evaporates

present tense third-person singular of evaporate

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of evaporates Because alcohol evaporates quickly, the couch should be dry in no time. Lauren David, Southern Living, 14 Oct. 2025 For one, it’s finished, blended, and barreled in Dallas, where the high humidity means alcohol evaporates faster than water, resulting in a lower proof in the barrel. Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Oct. 2025 Warmer water evaporates more readily, providing more vapor that could then condense into snow. Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2025 Bailout packages for soy farms may cost taxpayers $24 billion, the WSJ reports, as the market for animal feed evaporates. Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025 When that happens, the refrigerant evaporates and gets compressed at a very high pressure–typically several hundred pounds per square inch. Sara Kiley Watson, Popular Science, 2 Oct. 2025 That subsidy for all public media evaporates starting Wednesday with the new federal fiscal year. David Folkenflik, NPR, 27 Sep. 2025 Gas prices often climb in mid-to-late winter and early spring, because refineries undergo maintenance and prepare to switch back to summer-blend fuel, which costs more to make and evaporates less in warmer weather, according to AAA. Angela Rodriguez, Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2025 The water evaporates when near heat sources, then condenses back into a liquid when the heat dissipates into the phone’s surrounding aluminum body. Gwendolyn Rak, IEEE Spectrum, 17 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evaporates
Verb
  • As police swarm the plant, Batman disappears in a puff of smoke.
    Jordan Moreau, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Over such spans, change overwhelms continuity; too much simply disappears.
    Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Defense Secretary, meanwhile, vanishes into a personal fog, thinking only of his daughter (Kaitlyn Dever), who lives in Chicago.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2025
  • However, analysts expect a sharp slump in the fourth quarter as the incentive for EV purchases vanishes.
    Rhea Rose Abraham, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • That’s where Logano’s optimism fades.
    Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Tailgating Tips Getting it Right Clemson’s shady campus is leafy and green in August and September, turning red and gold as summer fades to fall.
    Elizabeth Hutchison Hicklin, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • What scientists have found is that the push-and-pull of Saturn from the moon's new position creates heat that melts ice into water.
    Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The most important thing is to choose a cheese that melts well.
    Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2025

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“Evaporates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evaporates. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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