evaporating

present participle of evaporate

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of evaporating The top layer is the oil that helps prevent tears from evaporating. — Nancy Lebrun, Verywell Health, 24 Sep. 2026 However, analysts have raised the alarm in recent weeks that these safety nets are rapidly evaporating due to the ongoing Middle East conflict. — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026 Commodity execution is evaporating while judgment, direction and AI fluency command premiums. — Hammad Ali Nasir, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026 Novo Nordisk currently reuses some process water in cooling towers, where the water helps remove excess heat before eventually evaporating. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2026 The result of this cooler atmosphere will be one more prone to squeezing out tropical moisture rather than just evaporating it. — Sean MacAday, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2026 The evaporating tariff windfall was a $200 billion hit to this year’s budget. — Diane Brady, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026 Wi-Fi’s origins trace back, in part, to a team of Australian radio astronomers trying to detect signals from evaporating black holes. — IEEE Spectrum, 20 Aug. 2026 A lot of the solar energy goes into evaporating the moisture in the air, so in drier climates, more of the Sun’s energy can go directly into heating the air. — Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evaporating
Verb
  • After vanishing three years ago with his sister Felicia (Abigail Donaghy), Michael Frost (Landon Valentin) has been found.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 30 Oct. 2026
  • And his schedule would suggest that’s coming in abundance — don’t expect a vanishing act from Nick Mohammed anytime soon.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 28 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The gas usually peaks in the northern hemisphere during winter on Mars, disappearing in the summer.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Here, again, our disappearing Education Department abdicated its constitutional role to the governor and attorney general.
    — David Bloomfield, New York Daily News, 1 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Very faint variable stars changing their brightness and then fading back into obscurity, for example, might also explain either or both points.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Many ferns naturally turn yellow before fading to brown in the fall as the plant starts to enter dormancy.
    — The Spruce, The Spruce, 5 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • My five children had the joy of experiencing Donna’s warmth and the warmth of those doughnuts melting in your mouth.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Some days are meant for just melting on your couch and shooting some hoops on your PS5, knowing that your tech has your back.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 29 Oct. 2026

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“Evaporating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evaporating. Accessed 9 Nov. 2026.

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