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verb

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as in to melt (away)

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noun

as in evaporation

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Recent Examples of fade (away)
Noun
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 Saraf converted a one-legged fadeaway and had a breakaway dunk in consecutive possessions. — CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026 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 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
  • Pena Sola vanished after being released from custody in 2016, officials said.
    — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 24 July 2026
  • The juvenile green, leafy trees had vanished and were replaced by rows of thin, lifeless trunks staked into the ground like tombstones.
    — Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
Definition of vanish
Noun
  • Indirect use comes from averaging the water footprint of all the power sources on a regional grid—which includes hydroelectric plants that consume huge amounts of water due to evaporation from dams and lakes.
    — Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026
  • Water deeply and infrequently in the morning to encourage stronger roots and reduce evaporation.
    — Nadia Hassani, The Spruce, 16 July 2026
Definition of evaporation
Verb
  • The fourth star and a fairytale send off for Lionel Messi earned through lots of grit, fighting spirit and a bit of magic evaporated into the East Rutherford, New Jersey, air.
    — Patrick Sung Cuadrado, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • But as much as the president and his allies hope that Biggs, 67, a former chair of the House Freedom Caucus, can flip the swing state, the toss-up status of the governor's race has evaporated in the Arizona heat.
    — Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 19 July 2026
Definition of evaporate
Noun
  • The football was breathtaking, little triangles of neat passing which cut through teams, hunting in packs when the ball was forfeited.
    — George Caulkin, New York Times, 21 July 2026
  • His ​death marks the passing of one of the most influential figures of his generation in English ​football.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
Definition of passing
Verb
  • Conventional launch vehicles secure their payloads inside protective fairings that fall away from the rocket completely once damaging aerodynamic forces disappear in the vacuum of space.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 15 July 2026
  • Once inside The Ritz-Carlton, Chicago, entered via Pearson Street, the Mag Mile bustle falls away, replaced by a glassy aerie with views of the John Hancock Center.
    — Rima Suqi, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 July 2026
Definition of fall away
Noun
  • Opened snack bags and faulty cardboard containers can lead to snacks spilling, melting, and leaving behind crumbs.
    — Jamie Weissman, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 July 2026
  • These were the players who decided that this time, in Miami, in the melting heat, would be different.
    — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 12 July 2026
Definition of melting
Verb
  • New York City is giving out free KN95 masks as the region is enveloped in smoke from Canadian wildfires.
    — Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 16 July 2026
  • Sushi Confidential offered discounts on sake bomb drinks, 20Twenty gave out free truffle popcorn with the purchase of two glasses of wine — the perfect accessory — and Goosetown Lounge had a special karaoke session during the romp.
    — Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 14 July 2026
Definition of give out
Noun
  • By the 1960s, the children of those well-to-do travelers had adopted the fabric into their own preppy summer wardrobes, seeing its fading and irregularities as part of the charm.
    — Brett F. Braley-Palko, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • These give the Synactif Daytime Moisturizer texture-smoothing, tone-evening, contour-sculpting, cell-renewing, age-spot-fading, and wrinkle-plumping properties.
    — Tamim Alnuweiri, InStyle, 13 July 2026
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