as in to disappear
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 evaporate
Those two National League West heavyweights are battling atop the division after the Dodgers let their substantial lead from earlier in the season evaporate.
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Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Aug. 2025
Initially, the team set out to investigate signs of life on Venus, looking to find a way to collect and evaporate sulfuric acid from Venus' clouds.
—Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Drool was evaporating off them, carrying away heat.
—Tao Lin, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
When push comes to shove, those priorities evaporate.
—Paul Wargaski, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2025
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Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Aug. 2025
Initially, the team set out to investigate signs of life on Venus, looking to find a way to collect and evaporate sulfuric acid from Venus' clouds.
—Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Drool was evaporating off them, carrying away heat.
—Tao Lin, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
When push comes to shove, those priorities evaporate.
—Paul Wargaski, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for evaporate
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It was abandoned after several children disappeared there.—
Simon Thompson,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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Again, the pattern held: the unhappiness hump has disappeared worldwide, suggesting this phenomena is not confined to the U.S. and U.K. but a global generational shift.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Aug. 2025
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But without the right asset mix, that sum can vanish shockingly fast.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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The 39-year-old vanished from Redding, California, in May 2024.—
Anna Turning,
NBC news,
21 Aug. 2025
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Zwicky, which scans the night sky with a wide-field camera, has a reputation for enabling astronomers to discover transients, or fleeting cosmic phenomena, such as quickly flaring and fading supernovas.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
22 Aug. 2025
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For people dealing with mental health issues, often those feelings don’t fade on their own.—
Erik S. Hanley,
jsonline.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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The second episode aired earlier this month and mainly focused on DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, who was portrayed as a compulsive puppy killer with a melting face, and the administration’s immigration raids.—
Siladitya Ray,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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Any tension that had existed over the Screening Room melted away.—
Zoë Schiffer,
Wired News,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Evaporate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evaporate. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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