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 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 Even worse than high temperatures is high humidity, which prevents sweat from evaporating and cooling the body. — Scott McFetridge, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026 Despite this seemingly critical importance to the automaker at a time when its profit margins are evaporating, Tesla may be contemplating a future without China. — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 4 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evaporating
  1. vanishing
  2. disappearing
  3. fading
  4. melting
Verb
  • But that sense of security is now one play away from vanishing.
    — Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The research makes a compelling case that in the age of AI, the once-bright line between data and executable code is vanishing.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of vanishing
Verb
  • In the moments that follow, Wren seems to be preparing to slam her head against a bathroom wall before disappearing right in front of Tate.
    — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 8 Sep. 2026
  • According to tracking site FlightRadar24, the plane, which bears the tail number N212ML, appears to have circled off the Bahamian coast before disappearing from radar.
    — Hanna Park, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of disappearing
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  • Jacobs was playing hurt, Watson and Reed missed extended stretches with injuries, Van Ness was injured, Rashan Gary was fading and Nixon wasn’t the same player as in the season’s first half.
    — Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Evolving threats While some rules travelers have lived with for decades might be fading, the aviation sector is still dealing with changing threats.
    — Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of fading
Verb
  • Rancher Jay Fetcher said that with climate change, the snow is melting much earlier in the spring on his high-elevation pastures.
    — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Opposition is melting in Asia and Europe amid improved reactor designs and desperation for more power.
    — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of melting

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“Evaporating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evaporating. Accessed 14 Sep. 2026.

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