as in to melt (away)
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Recent Examples of fade (away)
Kevin Fishbain, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026
Hurley called a timeout ahead of the final possession of the half, where Demary missed a fadeaway midrange jumper and corralled his own offensive rebound beyond the 3-point line.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 10 Jan. 2026
Anthony Edwards became the third-youngest player in NBA history to reach 10,000 career points, when the Minnesota Timberwolves star swished a 13-foot fadeaway jumper from the baseline midway through the fourth quarter against Cleveland on Thursday night.
—CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
However, Butler’s fadeaway from the baseline went long and the Clippers held on.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2026
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Noun
Nickel cornerback Kyler Gordon had seen it enough in practice to know what was coming — another fadeaway.
—Kevin Fishbain, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026
Hurley called a timeout ahead of the final possession of the half, where Demary missed a fadeaway midrange jumper and corralled his own offensive rebound beyond the 3-point line.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 10 Jan. 2026
Anthony Edwards became the third-youngest player in NBA history to reach 10,000 career points, when the Minnesota Timberwolves star swished a 13-foot fadeaway jumper from the baseline midway through the fourth quarter against Cleveland on Thursday night.
—CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
However, Butler’s fadeaway from the baseline went long and the Clippers held on.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fade (away)
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Of particular concern is the end this year of federal pandemic relief funding, which for several years has helped prop up the budgets of all American cities — the evaporation of those funds will make the task of sustaining progress only more difficult.—
Katie Hill,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Feb. 2026
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Previously, this heat was dispensed into the atmosphere through evaporation cooling towers, but CERN's new plan is to put this waste heat to some use while improving the facilities environmental signature by way of what's called the Large Hadron Collider beauty (LHCb) experiment.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
30 Jan. 2026
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Anthony Paradiso, Meassick’s coach at Toho, had a similar QB in Tucker Israel, the state’s career all-time career passing leader with 15,034 yards at Lake Nona.—
Chris Hays,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 Feb. 2026
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Their third goal featured some of the most dynamic passing in recent memory.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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Or erect a barrier fence to reduce the amount of salt exposure from snow removal equipment and ice melting products.—
Barbara Gillette,
The Spruce,
31 Jan. 2026
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Very cold air already in place will allow snow to accumulate quickly across the region, sticking to roads, bridges and untreated surfaces with little melting.—
Briana Waxman,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
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Roads crumble—of the 581 road repair projects initiated after Hurricane Maria struck in 2017, only 29 have been completed—while funds vanish.—
Israel Melendez Ayala,
Time,
30 Jan. 2026
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Based on the breakout indie horror game of the same name by David Szymanski, the story unfolds in a post-apocalyptic future following ‘The Quiet Rapture’, an event that causes stars and habitable planets to vanish.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
30 Jan. 2026
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The sheets felt slightly softer after washing and drying them, and there were no snags, tears, loose threads, or color fading.—
Brandi Fuller,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 Jan. 2026
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Turn jeans inside out, wash on a gentle cycle, and skip fabric softener to reduce fading and wear.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
29 Jan. 2026
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When a breakdown at a gas station ends with Whitney vanishing, police dismiss it as a runaway, but Megan knows better.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
30 Jan. 2026
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In the season 1 finale, it was revealed that Roman was an undercover FBI informant, which might have been the reason for his vanishing.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
Verb
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When Thundering Herd guard Jalen Speer hit a 3-pointer to put them up 63-62, the Bobcats' lead had completely evaporated.—
Caleb Yum,
Austin American Statesman,
29 Jan. 2026
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And once credibility erodes, proximity evaporates.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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Instead of requiring cooling systems that use large volumes of water like those on land, the network would rely on radiative cooling that occurs in space, which allows for the dissipation of heat.—
Bloomberg News,
Boston Herald,
31 Jan. 2026
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This tiny snail’s shell combines hardness, toughness and energy dissipation in a way that very few single-phase materials can.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Fade (away).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fade%20%28away%29. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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