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
Maricopa County also has to wrestle with its costly summer fuel blend, which is designed to prevent gas from evaporating in the heat, creating less pollution.
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Sasha Hupka, AZCentral.com, 25 Oct. 2025
South Caicos used to produce more salt than all the other Turks & Caicos islands combined, by evaporating seawater in shallow ponds.
—Angela Caraway-Carlton, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
PepsiCo, one of the world’s largest food companies, is sticking to its goals to use more clean energy and climate-friendly farming practices despite evaporating federal support for those activities in the US, the company’s chief sustainability officer told Semafor.
—Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 30 Sep. 2025
That broke the navicular bone in her left foot, forcing her to withdraw from the trials and evaporating her hopes to make the Tokyo Games.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 28 Sep. 2025
Newfound enthusiasm about Jimmy Kimmel’s show is not evaporating after just one monologue.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
Yes, the rote tasks are evaporating and in the mix, many of us will be unemployed.
—Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Near the equator, the sun bakes the sea, evaporating surface water and leaving salt behind.
—Gregory Barber, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
In immersion cooling systems, servers are submerged in a fluid that carries heat away without evaporating water.
—Shaolei Ren, IEEE Spectrum, 10 Sep. 2025
Sasha Hupka, AZCentral.com, 25 Oct. 2025
South Caicos used to produce more salt than all the other Turks & Caicos islands combined, by evaporating seawater in shallow ponds.
—Angela Caraway-Carlton, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
PepsiCo, one of the world’s largest food companies, is sticking to its goals to use more clean energy and climate-friendly farming practices despite evaporating federal support for those activities in the US, the company’s chief sustainability officer told Semafor.
—Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 30 Sep. 2025
That broke the navicular bone in her left foot, forcing her to withdraw from the trials and evaporating her hopes to make the Tokyo Games.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 28 Sep. 2025
Newfound enthusiasm about Jimmy Kimmel’s show is not evaporating after just one monologue.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
Yes, the rote tasks are evaporating and in the mix, many of us will be unemployed.
—Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Near the equator, the sun bakes the sea, evaporating surface water and leaving salt behind.
—Gregory Barber, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
In immersion cooling systems, servers are submerged in a fluid that carries heat away without evaporating water.
—Shaolei Ren, IEEE Spectrum, 10 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evaporating
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Arredondo allegedly stabbed Paulos 30 times before fleeing the scene and then vanishing altogether, police said.—
KC Baker,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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The vanishing dining room During the pandemic, many homeowners repurposed their dining rooms into offices, playrooms, or classrooms for their kids.—
Sara B. Hansen,
Denver Post,
24 Oct. 2025
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The plan worked, and within hours, the animals were seen disappearing into the dark water, and emerging further down the line, to breathe from the holes the volunteers had placed in the ice above.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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Most of those trout that were netted and hoisted for a picture likely lived, splashing water through the air and then disappearing back into the river.—
Christine Peterson,
Outdoor Life,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Caos isn’t an easy listen, often fading into a bleary haze and not quite coherently fulfilling the implications of its concept.—
Jon Dolan,
Rolling Stone,
24 Oct. 2025
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Imagine slowly losing the center of your vision, like a camera lens fading to fog.—
Pranjal Malewar,
New Atlas,
23 Oct. 2025
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In some regions, natural uplift from melting ice sheets may also contribute to seismic events.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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Sunset Stripes and Suedes The Axon sweater dress is core to the brand, updated each season in new shades of melting colors.—
Madeline Fass,
Vogue,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Evaporating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evaporating. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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