as in to melt (away)
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Recent Examples of fade (away)
Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
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
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Michael Jordan had his signature fadeaway jump shot.
—Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
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
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Doing so by way of a proxy lawyer, the bright-and-fast-burning inverse fund’s evaporation severs not just the duo’s business connection to each other, but also their personal relationship.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
15 Feb. 2026
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Avoid pans with tall sides, which won't allow for the same rate of evaporation.—
Martha Stewart,
Martha Stewart,
11 Feb. 2026
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His passing was announced in a statement posted to social media.—
Mabinty Quarshie,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Feb. 2026
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But in the upper grades of 9-12, cell phones may be used during the lunch break and briefly checked or used for essential communications during the six-minute passing period window between classes, according to the policy.—
Julie Gallant,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Feb. 2026
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The Avalanche Association also said recent avalanches, rapid melting, heavy snowfall or rain, and cracking or collapsing snow can all mean the terrain is prone to an avalanche.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
21 Feb. 2026
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Bartlett also notes that induction melting—the method the mint described using—is a very common, flexible way to melt metal, especially when scrap is part of the feedstock.—
Eric Sullivan,
Scientific American,
21 Feb. 2026
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People know them — the pioneering flier and the Teamsters union president — because both of them vanished dramatically.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Feb. 2026
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The mechanism by which vanishing tariff revenues fuel the deficit is straightforward but massive in scale.—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
20 Feb. 2026
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Meanwhile, a low-luster finish gives paint a subtle sheen that wears off over time, while minimizing overall fading because the paint is better protected from the elements.—
Shagun Khare,
Martha Stewart,
19 Feb. 2026
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But Schanelec also exhibits a talent for depicting fading romance, doing it in an elusively deadpan way that at times recalls the work of Eric Rohmer.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Feb. 2026
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Perhaps that sudden ellipsis – the vanishing of a crisis that nearly tore the alliance to shreds weeks earlier – was gift enough.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
15 Feb. 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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Researchers at the Laboratory of Nanoscience for Energy Technology (LNET) at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) have engineered a nanodevice that uses light and heat to generate a stable current by evaporating saltwater.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Feb. 2026
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On even longer timescales, the remnant black holes that were created, whether from stellar explosions, neutron star mergers, a collapsing gas cloud, or having grown into supermassive behemoths, will all evaporate.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
20 Feb. 2026
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These atomic motions define heat dissipation, chemical reactions and material properties.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Feb. 2026
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Experts question the feasibility and timeline, citing technological challenges including radiation-resistant chips, heat dissipation and communication obstacles.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Fade (away).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fade%20%28away%29. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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