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verb

Definition of fade (away)next
as in to melt (away)

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noun

as in evaporation

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Recent Examples of fade (away)
Noun
Betts can score from midrange and has a fadeaway jumper leaning off her back right foot. — Ethan Hanson, Daily News, 16 July 2026 The Knicks then turned the Spurs over, with Brunson hitting a fadeaway jumper to go up six. — John Cassillo, Forbes.com, 4 June 2026 Officials assessed McCollum a technical foul for inadvertently kicking Brunson below the belt while flailing his leg on a fadeaway jump shot in the Knicks’ Game 1 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday. — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2026 Brown followed with a midrange fadeaway over Kon Knueppel and a full-speed buzzer-beating floater in traffic to cap a 10-0 run and put Boston up 90-87 entering the fourth. — Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 8 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for fade (away)
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fade (away)
  1. vanish
  2. evaporation
  3. evaporate
  4. passing
  5. fall away
  6. melting
  7. give out
  8. fading
Verb
  • To cross them was to risk vanishing—not merely from the screen, but from the collective story America told about itself.
    — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 27 Oct. 2026
  • The homes where poor people lived have invariably vanished, whether in Paris or in the provinces, whereas bourgeois homes are still standing.
    — Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of vanish
Noun
  • Sarah Porter, the director of ASU’s Kyl Center for Water Policy, explained that while 15 to 20 percent of the water TSMC uses is lost to evaporation, much of the rest is processed in the company’s recycling plant.
    — Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Researchers can produce these thin films efficiently using accessible methods such as low-cost solution processing, thermal evaporation, and chemical bath deposition.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of evaporation
Verb
  • This is made possible by the system’s zero-liquid-discharge technology, which evaporates the brine into solid salt and reduces the need to handle liquid waste.
    — Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Less oil, and lower-quality oil, means tears evaporate too quickly.
    — Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of evaporate
Noun
  • Mahomes has 1,309 passing yards, nine touchdowns, and three interceptions for the season.
    — David Troy OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
  • At halftime, Mayfield only had 49 passing yards, yet Tampa Bay already had 33 points.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of passing
Verb
  • Stern says the taxane class of chemotherapy agents often cause nail side effects like this, where the nail plate becomes separated and falls away from the nail bed.
    — Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Like so many bleeding-edge New York bars and restaurants, this phenomenon could always fall away as soon as it was beloved enough to be missed.
    — Dan Adler, Vanity Fair, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of fall away
Noun
  • The quicker melting changes the usual flow of water through valleys and into the lake, compounding the challenges.
    — Silvia Console Battilana, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Somehow, though, the melting down of that possibility made our own world seem smaller.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of melting
Verb
  • The male of the species remains alone with the eggs and fights off predators until his body gives out, at which point his flesh becomes the hatchlings’ first food.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Watch the clip of Offset’s trip to Walmart giving out flowers below.
    — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of give out
Noun
  • One caveat worth flagging in consultations is that because the pigment sits in the skin, complete fading isn’t guaranteed.
    — Ashley Lynch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Oct. 2026
  • One thing worth flagging upfront is that because the pigment is placed into the skin rather than on top of it, complete fading should not be assumed.
    — Ashley Lynch, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026
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“Fade (away).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fade%20%28away%29. Accessed 31 Oct. 2026.

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