evaporation

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Recent Examples of evaporation Reservoir operators expect some water storage bodies to run dry, and some are also deliberately moving water to other parts of their systems to reduce the amount that will be lost to evaporation. Evan Bush, NBC news, 2 June 2026 But while the goal is to recreate the original juice, the color, aroma, or nutrients can be slightly reduced during the evaporation process. Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 31 May 2026 Offshoring began the massive evaporation of those jobs. Torrey Snow, Baltimore Sun, 27 May 2026 Lake Powell, one of two massive reservoirs on the Colorado River, is just 23% full after decades of overuse and evaporation of water as average temperatures rise because of climate change. Dorany Pineda, Fortune, 27 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for evaporation
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Noun
  • The second film ends with Elphaba staging her own melting death by hiding under a trap door.
    Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 8 Dec. 2025
  • According to the new measurements, even small changes in the thickness of that warm-water layer could sharply accelerate melting and push the glacier toward unstable retreat.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • In contrast to the existing HBM products which rely on an indirect cooling method that draws heat away through the core die, the iHBM solution places ICEs on top of the D2D PHY region, thus creating an additional heat dissipation pathway for reducing the thermal load.
    Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 27 May 2026
  • To measure overall turbulence, Turbli used a metric called the eddy dissipation rate, or EDR, to assign turbulence level scores.
    Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 12 May 2026
Noun
  • Clark finished with 21 points, forcing Toronto to respect her scoring ability and preventing defenders from keying solely on her passing.
    Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 June 2026
  • Taiwan was also the first traceable point of the passing of the many Austronesian languages, said Victoria Chen, a senior lecturer at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand.
    Wayne Chang, CNN Money, 17 June 2026
Noun
  • The drama that sometimes follows their dissolutions speaks to a broader uncertainty in the air about how gay couples should be.
    Paul McAdory, Them., 9 Dec. 2025
  • Earlier in the day, a group of soldiers appeared on Benin's state TV to announce the dissolution of the government in an apparent coup, the latest of many in West Africa.
    CBS News, CBS News, 7 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Dish soap strips away the protective wax and can actually dull or damage the paint over time, leaving it more vulnerable to scratches and fading.
    Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2025
  • Each cushion is made from Olefin fabric, which helps prevent color fading in the sun.
    Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Watching Moon and this better daughter, Stevie fantasizes about walking out of the store and vanishing.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
  • There were those e-books, the vanishing of book review sections and book reviews from newspapers, struggles of independent bookstores in the face of Amazon and, most recently, the invasion of AI, with its Claude, Perplexity, ChatGPT and Gemini with their seductive and threatening ways.
    Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026

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“Evaporation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evaporation. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.

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