as in disappears
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 evaporates
Last year, master distiller Brian Prewitt told Robb Report that the Commonwealth’s hot, humid summers and mild winters mean that more water evaporates as part of the angel’s share than alcohol.
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Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 13 Feb. 2026
Those imposing wooden doors open onto a lobby where stress evaporates.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Feb. 2026
Viguera evaporates the alcohol from spirits to create mocktails that retain the complexity of their originals.
—Melinda Joe, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2026
When the water evaporates, minerals like calcium and magnesium, are left behind.
—Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 5 Feb. 2026
Someone’s support seemingly evaporates as Uranus goes direct.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026
And once credibility erodes, proximity evaporates.
—Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Already, 10 times more water evaporates off Arizona’s arid landscape and fitful rivers.
—Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 26 Jan. 2026
When the sun is just skimming across the horizon and ducking behind other peaks, all the heat that the sun baked into the snow and rocks during the day evaporates—fast.
—Outside, 23 Jan. 2026
Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 13 Feb. 2026
Those imposing wooden doors open onto a lobby where stress evaporates.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Feb. 2026
Viguera evaporates the alcohol from spirits to create mocktails that retain the complexity of their originals.
—Melinda Joe, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2026
When the water evaporates, minerals like calcium and magnesium, are left behind.
—Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 5 Feb. 2026
Someone’s support seemingly evaporates as Uranus goes direct.
—Usa Today, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026
And once credibility erodes, proximity evaporates.
—Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Already, 10 times more water evaporates off Arizona’s arid landscape and fitful rivers.
—Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 26 Jan. 2026
When the sun is just skimming across the horizon and ducking behind other peaks, all the heat that the sun baked into the snow and rocks during the day evaporates—fast.
—Outside, 23 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evaporates
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His customers include older baby boomers and Gen X‑ers nostalgic for the players of their childhood, but most have been millennials like himself, drawn to something tactile and analog in an era when everything else disappears into the digital ether.—
Oliver Wang,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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That’s like the part of the map that disappears and there are dragons there.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
20 Feb. 2026
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The story is driven by siblings Codi (10) and Vera (15), still reeling one year after their mother Loren vanishes during a mysterious accident at her hi-tech lab.—
Emiliano De Pablos,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2026
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When Claire and Frank retreat to Inverness on holiday following the end of WWII, Frank spies the spectre of a Highlander staring up into Claire's window that abruptly vanishes.—
Amy Wilkinson,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Feb. 2026
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Singleton acknowledged that sustaining the coordinated, multi-agency model beyond the World Cup will be difficult once the spotlight fades.—
Cierra Morgan,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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The continent’s funds have seen steady inflows over the last 12 months, after years of outflows, as pessimism over Europe’s economy fades.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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The snowpack that builds up over the winter in the Sierra Nevada slowly melts to feed rivers and reservoirs through the spring and summer.—
Monica Garske,
USA Today,
10 Feb. 2026
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Anchored to the ocean floor, the curtain would act as a physical barrier, limiting the flow of warm seawater that melts the ice shelf from below.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Evaporates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evaporates. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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