evaporating

verb

present participle of evaporate
as in vanishing
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 evaporating Despite this seemingly critical importance to the automaker at a time when its profit margins are evaporating, Tesla may be contemplating a future without China. — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 4 Aug. 2026 Book review sections are evaporating; NPR has been eviscerated; and social media followings no longer seem to be reliably converting into book sales. — Literary Hub, 15 July 2026 This means more of the sun's energy goes into evaporating plant and soil moisture as opposed to causing the temperature to rise. — Trey Fulbright, CBS News, 1 July 2026 Sweat itself does not cool the body down, but the process of it evaporating off of the skin and turning into water vapour essentially transports heat away from the body and into the air. — Victoria Forster, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026 But the district acknowledged in public meetings and in our interviews that all the water leaking and evaporating along the way is wasteful. — Emily Cureton Cook, ProPublica, 26 June 2026 Liquid versions of this technology worked, but used toxic, fast-evaporating solvents. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 23 June 2026 Add a layer of mulch over the top of the soil to keep moisture from evaporating quickly. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 23 June 2026 This protective layer of plant matter will help keep water from evaporating readily from the soil. — Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evaporating
  1. vanishing
  2. disappearing
  3. fading
  4. melting
Verb
  • The proof relied on certain sequences vanishing to zero and referenced the group’s 2009 paper.
    — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 5 Aug. 2026
  • One week after Connecticut reserved $500 million from last year’s surplus to potentially replace vanishing federal dollars for human services, surging revenues already have replenished much of the state’s coffers.
    — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of vanishing
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  • From whimsical Halloween accents at MacKenzie-Childs to seasonal steals at QVC and best-selling fall decor finds on Amazon, August is one of the best times to shop before inventory starts disappearing closer to October.
    — Kasey Caminiti, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Now, a collection of photographs taken as that era was disappearing is bringing some of those families back into view.
    — Brian Unger, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of disappearing
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  • Clip the plant right below the fading flowers and just above where leaves are.
    — Mallory Carra, The Spruce, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The 20th century and its musicians keep fading away — but Rush came back.
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of fading
Verb
  • The group battled cultural bias, personal struggles, and melting cheese in pursuit of respect, redemption and a historic victory.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Crews found flames that were pushing out of the second and third floors and melting siding on an adjoining building, Coughlin said.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of melting

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