as in to melt (away)
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as in evaporation
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Recent Examples of fade (away)
Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026
Garland landed a 20-foot turnaround fadeaway jumper followed by a midrange jumper by Leonard to regain the momentum and help the Clippers take a 59-45 lead into halftime.
—Janis Carr, Oc Register, 26 Mar. 2026
Arizona, the team who ran through the whole conference, didn’t really have a problem with anybody, needed a Hail Mary fadeaway to beat us.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 18 Mar. 2026
After Brunson missed another fadeaway, Podziemski went or the pullup off-the-dribble 3-pointer with under 24 seconds remaining and missed.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Instead, the Lakers superstar pulled up straight over the top of Bryant’s outstretched arm, dropping a fadeaway jumper softly through the net.
—Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026
Garland landed a 20-foot turnaround fadeaway jumper followed by a midrange jumper by Leonard to regain the momentum and help the Clippers take a 59-45 lead into halftime.
—Janis Carr, Oc Register, 26 Mar. 2026
Arizona, the team who ran through the whole conference, didn’t really have a problem with anybody, needed a Hail Mary fadeaway to beat us.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 18 Mar. 2026
After Brunson missed another fadeaway, Podziemski went or the pullup off-the-dribble 3-pointer with under 24 seconds remaining and missed.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fade (away)
Verb
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The immediacy of personal experience will vanish.—
Kevin Maurer,
The Atlantic,
6 June 2026
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Reeves noted Connecticut will become just the second state to commit state dollars this year to replace vanishing federal SNAP support.—
Keith M. Phaneuf,
Hartford Courant,
4 June 2026
Noun
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Water your vegetable garden early in the morning to reduce evaporation and prevent plant diseases.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
9 June 2026
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Consolidating water in Lake Mead would reduce the amount of water lost to evaporation from the reservoirs’ surfaces and to seepage into the sandstone that forms Glen Canyon.—
Elise Schmelzer,
Denver Post,
7 June 2026
Verb
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Most of those gains evaporated in a matter of days.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
29 May 2026
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However, persistence becomes problematic when PFAS leach or evaporate out of products and into the surrounding environment.—
Carrie McDonough,
The Conversation,
29 May 2026
Noun
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Sweeney’s character, Cassie Howard, ends the final episode still hustling, despite the violent death of her husband Nate (Jacob Elordi), the passing of her high school friend Rue (Zendaya), and the dismantling of her OnlyFans account.—
Rebecca Ford,
Vanity Fair,
9 June 2026
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As with the original Quattro and the RS2, collectors have spotted the significance, appeal, and likely appreciation in value of the early manual R8s, which marry modern performance with the sense of an era passing.—
Ben Oliver,
Robb Report,
8 June 2026
Verb
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The public is getting its first look as the scaffolding falls away, revealing a hub for art, science, health and entertainment, including concerts and sporting events that will be broadcast in a large format on the exterior of the alumni center.—
Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 June 2026
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For one night, all of the stratification of the music world falls away.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 June 2026
Noun
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Many researchers have theorized that melting Ice Age glaciers likely helped passively shift the Altar Stone closer to southern England’s Salisbury Plain around 2500 BCE, shortening the transport distance for Stonehenge’s creators.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
4 June 2026
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Jazz is a quintessential American art form, one that was invented in America, a collision of very different influences of Afro-Caribbean influences and rhythms and European classical influences all coming together in this melting pot.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
3 June 2026
Verb
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The 79th Tony Awards telecast kicked off with a bang by giving out two major awards in the first 30 minutes — and before viewers could blink both John Lithgow and Laurie Metcalf had each won the third Tony Award of their careers.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2026
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The first awards were given out at the preshow, hosted by Laura Benanti and Titus Burgess, and aired on Pluto TV.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
8 June 2026
Noun
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Helps to create a barrier against UV radiation to prevent fading, splitting, and splintering due to the wood drying out prematurely.—
Timothy Dale,
The Spruce,
2 June 2026
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Pistola Kinsley Flare Jeans Clooney opted for a pair of medium-wash jeans with subtle fading (another Y2K reference, IMO).—
Eva Thomas,
InStyle,
1 June 2026
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“Fade (away).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fade%20%28away%29. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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