evaporation

noun

Definition of evaporationnext
as in melting

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Recent Examples of evaporation The heat wave will only exacerbate the rate of evaporation and decline in water levels from these critical resources. — Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 30 July 2026 Watering early in the morning reduces evaporation and keeps roots healthy through the hottest hours of the day. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Charlotte Observer, 30 July 2026 They’re engineered to pull sweat away from the body’s surface and into the outer layer, allowing rapid evaporation that keeps you cool and dry. — Jakob Roze, Health, 28 July 2026 Lautanen-Raleigh prefers watering near sunset when possible, so the soil can absorb moisture overnight with minimal evaporation. — Rachel Gillett, Martha Stewart, 28 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for evaporation
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evaporation
  1. melting
  2. dissipation
  3. passing
  4. dissolution
  5. fading
  6. vanishing
Noun
  • However, when cooked properly, okra can develop a delightfully crisp and pleasant texture or be cooked until soft and melting.
    — Kirsten Nunez, Martha Stewart, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Recyclers have been thwarted by PVC’s chemical architecture, specifically its heavy chlorine content and dense cocktail of additives, which make melting and mechanical reprocessing almost impossible.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of melting
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  • That's increasingly difficult as chips become smaller and new solutions are needed to address signal integrity, power delivery, and heat dissipation.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Better quantum simulations Mingjian Zhu, a graduate student in physics and astronomy at Rice, revealed the system enables independent control over a thermal environment’s temperature and dissipation rate.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 31 July 2026
Definition of dissipation
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  • Anderson, in the past week, has appeared to be out of position on at least a couple of occasions when the offense hit on big passing plays downfield.
    — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Immediately after his passing, the company tapped David’s 38-year-old son Eli, the firm’s chief operating officer, to succeed him as CEO.
    — Kirk Ogunrinde, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of passing
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  • Add to that simple arithmetic of spouses, divorces and outlier legal risks, and one of the primary forces for the dissolution of previous wealth or company control becomes self-evident.
    — Radu Magdin, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Goodman laments the dissolution of the Creative Alliance and the incendiary action of its former participants.
    — Kyle MacNeill, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of dissolution
Noun
  • This locks the fabric color to help reduce bleeding and fading.
    — Bianca Lambert, Southern Living, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The deep indigo color has no fading, which gives the jeans a sleeker look, and the leg is relaxed throughout but doesn’t look slouchy.
    — Shea Simmons, PEOPLE, 31 July 2026
Definition of fading
Noun
  • Bearing witness to that vanishing is a rare and fleeting privilege.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The vanishing of any craft is a tragedy to all who prefer the existence of a thing to its opposite, but restorative art represents more than just a niche domain of aesthetic achievement or a macabre postmortem racket.
    — John Semley, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026
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