evaporating

verb

present participle of evaporate
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 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evaporating
  1. vanishing
  2. disappearing
  3. fading
  4. melting
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  • Buying a first home has never been harder Are first-time home buyers a vanishing breed?
    — Kristin Scharkey, USA Today, 7 July 2026
  • That means any military, economic, cyberoffensive, or other advantage that AI can grant the nation could be vanishing.
    — Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026
Definition of vanishing
Verb
  • Property managers' roles are evolving, not disappearing, despite compelling automation economics and surging AI adoption.
    — Angelica Krystle Donati, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • The second problem is the craft behind that production is disappearing.
    — Jessica Salter, CNN Money, 7 July 2026
Definition of disappearing
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  • Some hurricane windows can filter out up to 90% of ultraviolet rays, which protects your furniture, carpet, drapes and artwork from fading.
    — Alora Bopray, USA Today, 10 July 2026
  • The pattern is expected to prolong an unrelated existing marine heat wave off the coast of California, which otherwise would have been expected to start fading between October and December.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Definition of fading
Verb
  • 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, 5 July 2026
  • When a large body hits, some of the impact energy goes into vaporizing or melting rock right at the impact site.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 5 July 2026
Definition of melting

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