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
And if faith is evaporating at Anfield, of all places, then that does not augur well.
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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
The move will save 5,000 acre-feet of water from evaporating from the surface of Antero Reservoir, which has the highest evaporative rate of Denver Water’s reservoirs.
—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 20 Apr. 2026
This risky gambit signals that his prospects for higher office are evaporating fast.
—Torrey Snow, Baltimore Sun, 9 Apr. 2026
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
The move will save 5,000 acre-feet of water from evaporating from the surface of Antero Reservoir, which has the highest evaporative rate of Denver Water’s reservoirs.
—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 20 Apr. 2026
This risky gambit signals that his prospects for higher office are evaporating fast.
—Torrey Snow, Baltimore Sun, 9 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evaporating
Verb
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Mann is presented as the Last Civilized Man of a vanishing era, whose words, spoken before audiences of officials, are lofty and inspiring.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
14 May 2026
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Despite the black-swan event of the Strait of Hormuz closing, wars in the Middle East and Eastern Europe, a slowing US labor market and the vanishing likelihood of the Fed cutting rates this year, tech stocks are on a tear.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
13 May 2026
Verb
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His disappearing act also comes as the court battle has swung against him.—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
14 May 2026
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Dela Rosa, who returned to the Senate on Monday for the first time since disappearing from public view in November, has appealed to Marcos not to hand him over to the ICC.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
13 May 2026
Verb
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By now, however, that view is fading.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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Taj Mahal kept fading and ultimately finished 10th.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
17 May 2026
Verb
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The tiered skirt adds visual interest while also concealing my lower stomach, and the fabric was breathable enough to keep me from melting during an outdoor ceremony in humid Iowa weather — no easy feat!—
Izzy Baskette,
PEOPLE,
15 May 2026
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The Homestead Crater was formed around 10,000 years ago when melting snow from the nearby Wasatch Mountains seeped into the ground.—
Talia Avakian,
Travel + Leisure,
14 May 2026
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“Evaporating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evaporating. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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