evaporating

present participle of evaporate

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of evaporating 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 The air that’s pushed down helps your body remove excess heat and aids in evaporating perspiration. Bestreviews, Mercury News, 15 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evaporating
Verb
  • Meanwhile, hopes for a new round of talks to cobble together another ceasefire are vanishing.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 18 July 2026
  • His 2025 mysterious vanishing act is now a transaction-in-waiting on the business side, set to follow Jauan Jennings out the door.
    Cam Inman, Mercury News, 17 July 2026
Verb
  • As Fortune reported, a generation watching AI hollow out entry-level work is increasingly deciding to skip corporate careers altogether rather than line up for a bottom rung that's disappearing anyway.
    Alli Kushner, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • Public records related to the LAPD began disappearing from a city of Los Angeles website last April, according to a UCLA professor.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
Verb
  • The successor to the Tour de France Féminin, the Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale, operated for years in a state of underfunding before fading from the calendar entirely.
    Lindsey Darvin, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • Yet the company does have contend with fading interest from its existing consumer base; most users tend to use the product less after two weeks, except for momentary bumps from competitions.
    Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 30 July 2026
Verb
  • Beyond the wildfires, throughout the trip, her counselor pointed out flooded rivers in Canada because of extreme heat melting snow runoff.
    Ava Berger, NPR, 26 July 2026
  • The headwaters of this 1,400-mile long artery are in the Rocky Mountains, fed by melting snowpack.
    Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 22 July 2026

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“Evaporating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evaporating. Accessed 2 Aug. 2026.

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