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
The technology uses air to maintain a dry microclimate by evaporating sweat from the inside out, promoting evaporative cooling, per Polartec.
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Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 4 Sep. 2025
Any notion that Juan Soto's first season with the New York Mets is in any way a disappointment has been evaporating by the minute.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
With previous concerns surrounding ASDA now evaporating, the question now turns to whether the shares still have upside on a fair value basis.
—John Choong, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Xi’s predecessors could tout the country’s rapid economic progress, but this ready source of political legitimacy has been evaporating, as growth has slowed and jobs are harder to find.
—Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2025
The business community’s last best hopes to defeat Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic socialist candidate for New York City mayor, are evaporating.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Drool was evaporating off them, carrying away heat.
—Tao Lin, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
If the atmosphere is humid, ice particles emitted can survive for some time before evaporating, leading to a long, white cloud behind the aircraft.
—Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 17 Aug. 2025
Also, use your range hood while cooking to remove evaporating grease and immediately clean up splatters and spills.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 16 Aug. 2025
Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 4 Sep. 2025
Any notion that Juan Soto's first season with the New York Mets is in any way a disappointment has been evaporating by the minute.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
With previous concerns surrounding ASDA now evaporating, the question now turns to whether the shares still have upside on a fair value basis.
—John Choong, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Xi’s predecessors could tout the country’s rapid economic progress, but this ready source of political legitimacy has been evaporating, as growth has slowed and jobs are harder to find.
—Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2025
The business community’s last best hopes to defeat Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic socialist candidate for New York City mayor, are evaporating.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Drool was evaporating off them, carrying away heat.
—Tao Lin, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
If the atmosphere is humid, ice particles emitted can survive for some time before evaporating, leading to a long, white cloud behind the aircraft.
—Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 17 Aug. 2025
Also, use your range hood while cooking to remove evaporating grease and immediately clean up splatters and spills.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 16 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evaporating
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Revered and feared in equal measure, the Barbary lion was immortalized in North African folklore as a symbol of power, majesty, and a rapidly vanishing wilderness.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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What follows is a crusade of detours, espionage and a paranoid struggle to preserve a vanishing world — and the only home he’s ever known.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
31 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The same message came Wednesday after another offensive disappearing act.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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The sheriff's office told ABC News investigation is made more difficult by the fact that Black Rock City is a temporary city that is disappearing Monday, now that attendees have left, so officials have to work before evidence disappears.—
Megan Forrester,
ABC News,
2 Sep. 2025
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This revealed that, even as the X-ray emissions of 4U 1630-472 were fading, the system was still ejecting material at an incredible 20 million mph (32 million kph) — about 3% the speed of light, and 15,000 times faster than the top speed of an F-16 jet fighter!—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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All of these weaknesses are either gone or fading fast.—
Michael Foster,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Slowly, like melting wax, his eyes slide down me, carefully taking me in from head to toe in my revealing uniform.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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Conventional optical fibers are made by melting and stretching solid glass into thin strands.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Evaporating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evaporating. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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