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 protective layer of plant matter will help keep water from evaporating readily from the soil.
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Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2026
The air that’s pushed down helps your body remove excess heat and aids in evaporating perspiration.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 15 June 2026
While fashion cycles continue to accelerate—microtrends anchoring and evaporating in the span of a season—the twins have remained steadfast in their aesthetic convictions, causing the masses to forage and collect the few visuals of them doing just so.
—Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 12 June 2026
This herb spreads as a natural groundcover that acts like living mulch, preventing moisture from evaporating and stopping weeds from taking root.
—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
Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2026
The air that’s pushed down helps your body remove excess heat and aids in evaporating perspiration.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 15 June 2026
While fashion cycles continue to accelerate—microtrends anchoring and evaporating in the span of a season—the twins have remained steadfast in their aesthetic convictions, causing the masses to forage and collect the few visuals of them doing just so.
—Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 12 June 2026
This herb spreads as a natural groundcover that acts like living mulch, preventing moisture from evaporating and stopping weeds from taking root.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evaporating
Verb
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LaBarge frequently interrupts the telling to braid her narrative so tautly with those of others that their language blurs together, quotation marks vanishing, lines of demarcation eroding.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 June 2026
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Concerns of a serial killer first emerged in late 2010 after the disappearance of Shannan Gilbert, a 23-year-old woman who placed panicked 911 calls from the Oak Beach community before vanishing into the surrounding marsh.—
Michael Ruiz , Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
17 June 2026
Verb
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The report said witnesses claimed that the airplane lost altitude before regaining it, then flew at treetop height and turned to the right before disappearing from their view.—
Ben Wheeler,
Kansas City Star,
18 June 2026
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Now many of those developmental layers are disappearing.—
Jennie Glazer,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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Most El Niño events typically begin forming between March and June, strengthen through summer into fall, and peak between November and January before fading in late winter into spring.—
Brandi D. Addison,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
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Market expectations have shifted throughout the war, with broad rate cut expectations fading and being replaced by higher-for-longer interest-rate environments across economies.—
Terri Cullen,Chloe Taylor,Garrett Downs,Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
14 June 2026
Verb
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The boiling water creates intense thermal shock that instantly ruptures the plant's cell walls, melting its protective waxy coating and causing the foliage to collapse and dehydrate, effectively cooking the plant tissue.—
SJ McShane,
Martha Stewart,
10 June 2026
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The topping, a mixture of heavy cream and mascarpone, is light and creamy without melting as easily in the summer heat.—
Mary Shannon Wells,
Southern Living,
8 June 2026
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“Evaporating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evaporating. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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