evaporation

noun

Definition of evaporationnext
as in melting

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Recent Examples of evaporation Use soaker hoses, drip irrigation, or soil-level hand watering to reduce evaporation and target roots, avoiding wet foliage. — Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 July 2026 First, there is the wet bulb temperature, which is the lowest temperature at which the evaporation of water can cool the air. — Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 3 July 2026 The body cools via sweat evaporation, but humid air hinders this process, leading to inefficient cooling. — Victoria Forster, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026 Water should penetrate the top 2 inches of soil to prevent quick evaporation and to encourage the roots to grow down. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 26 June 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
  • Opened snack bags and faulty cardboard containers can lead to snacks spilling, melting, and leaving behind crumbs.
    — Jamie Weissman, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 July 2026
  • These were the players who decided that this time, in Miami, in the melting heat, would be different.
    — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 12 July 2026
Definition of melting
Noun
  • Heat dissipation Shedding waste heat is a significant problem—and probably the biggest challenge in orbit.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 15 July 2026
  • In addition to potentially offering low-cost, low-dissipation computing, thermodynamic computing might also offer insights into the way natural complex systems work.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 15 July 2026
Definition of dissipation
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  • The path forward is especially complicated by Graham's passing.
    — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 13 July 2026
  • The anthem is a passing of the torch from original voice actress Auli'i Cravalho to new star Catherine Laga'aia, with a playful rap verse from Dwayne Johnson's Maui thrown in for good measure.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 10 July 2026
Definition of passing
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  • As for crypto, 83 House Democrats embarrassingly joined the Republicans to pass the CLARITY Act that would preside over the dissolution of financial protections for the American bank and retirement fund user.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 10 July 2026
  • Decertification of the union would lead to the dissolution of the contract, which currently sets pay, benefits and workplace rules for employees.
    — Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 7 July 2026
Definition of dissolution
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  • These give the Synactif Daytime Moisturizer texture-smoothing, tone-evening, contour-sculpting, cell-renewing, age-spot-fading, and wrinkle-plumping properties.
    — Tamim Alnuweiri, InStyle, 13 July 2026
  • Moreover, washing certain fabrics in hot water can do more harm than good, leading to shrinking, fading, texture changes, and other types of damage.
    — Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 4 July 2026
Definition of fading
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  • Upon driving home from work on the afternoon of Denise's vanishing, her husband Nathan Lee found their children, 2-year-old Noah and 6-month-old Adam, alone in the same crib.
    — Mason Leath, ABC News, 19 June 2026
  • Watching Moon and this better daughter, Stevie fantasizes about walking out of the store and vanishing.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
Definition of vanishing

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