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 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
  1. vanishing
  2. disappearing
  3. fading
  4. melting
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  • This vanishing act is due largely to the thousands of walleye seeking out cool water refuges in the lake, which can shift depending on the weather, experts say.
    — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 14 July 2026
  • The feminist sites have largely shut down, and physical media is vanishing; many of the magazines that Jezebel targeted—Redbook, InStyle, Marie Claire, Glamour, Self—have ceased printing or gone entirely defunct.
    — Jia Tolentino, New Yorker, 11 July 2026
Definition of vanishing
Verb
  • Africa’s forests are gradually disappearing due to mine development, a new study suggests.
    — Paige Bruton, semafor.com, 15 July 2026
  • The relationship among those numbers tells us whether workers are finding jobs or simply disappearing from the denominator.
    — Katica Roy, Fortune, 14 July 2026
Definition of disappearing
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  • Bullish risk reversal In an attempt to capitalize on the historically expensive downside SPCX options and position for a violent snap-back, this risk reversal seeks to finance upside exposure by fading the put skew.
    — Jeff Kilburg, CNBC, 17 July 2026
  • Designed to resist fading from chlorine and sunscreen, the material will stay intact for many summers to come.
    — Alexandra Malmed, InStyle, 16 July 2026
Definition of fading
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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, 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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