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
This herb spreads as a natural groundcover that acts like living mulch, preventing moisture from evaporating and stopping weeds from taking root.
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Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 June 2026
This acts as a shield to lock moisture in, preventing that precious water your humectants just gathered from evaporating into the room.
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 28 May 2026
And if faith is evaporating at Anfield, of all places, then that does not augur well.
—Oliver Kay, New York Times, 11 May 2026
And what once looked like a breakthrough moment for this franchise is suddenly hanging in the balance – not gone, but quickly evaporating.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 May 2026
These pump coolant through pipes to dissipate heat from servers rather than evaporating water as has been the case in the past.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 28 Apr. 2026
As the world warms, more water from the ocean is evaporating into the atmosphere, leading to more moisture that can fall as rain, leading to more intense and extreme weather.
—Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 22 Apr. 2026
The city says moving the water to Cheesman Reservoir will prevent around 5,000 acre-feet of water from evaporating.
—Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
This cooler time of day allows plants to absorb moisture before the temperatures rise and helps prevent the water from evaporating before it is absorbed into the soil.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 21 Apr. 2026
Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 June 2026
This acts as a shield to lock moisture in, preventing that precious water your humectants just gathered from evaporating into the room.
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 28 May 2026
And if faith is evaporating at Anfield, of all places, then that does not augur well.
—Oliver Kay, New York Times, 11 May 2026
And what once looked like a breakthrough moment for this franchise is suddenly hanging in the balance – not gone, but quickly evaporating.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 May 2026
These pump coolant through pipes to dissipate heat from servers rather than evaporating water as has been the case in the past.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 28 Apr. 2026
As the world warms, more water from the ocean is evaporating into the atmosphere, leading to more moisture that can fall as rain, leading to more intense and extreme weather.
—Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 22 Apr. 2026
The city says moving the water to Cheesman Reservoir will prevent around 5,000 acre-feet of water from evaporating.
—Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
This cooler time of day allows plants to absorb moisture before the temperatures rise and helps prevent the water from evaporating before it is absorbed into the soil.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 21 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evaporating
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The body of a 5-year-old girl who was swept into the ocean with her family in Laguna Beach before vanishing in dangerously high surf has been recovered.—
Jazmin Alvarado,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
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His spectral like figure seems to rise from the corpse, approaching the camera’s lens before vanishing.—
Maximilíano Durón,
ARTnews.com,
11 June 2026
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When too much wealth depends on one company, one market environment, one liquidity path or one source of compensation, flexibility starts disappearing long before the balance sheet reflects it.—
Anatoly Iofe,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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Finally, toolbars are becoming more consistent, and the distracting icons in drop-down menus are quietly disappearing.—
Edward Mendelson,
PC Magazine,
10 June 2026
Verb
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The lefty was fading in his fourth inning.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 June 2026
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The era of checklist sightseeing is fading.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
8 June 2026
Verb
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What makes Roaring River Falls so dangerous Roaring River Falls is a 40-foot cascade that surges through a narrow granite chute, especially powerful in late spring and early summer when melting snow feeds Sierra rivers.—
James Ward,
USA Today,
2 June 2026
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For the most discerning mixologist, only pure, flavorless, slow-melting ice will do.—
Pamela N. Danziger,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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“Evaporating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evaporating. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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