as in to melt (away)
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Recent Examples of fade (away)
Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2025
The Valkyries scored the first basket of the second half, but the Lynx countered with a Collier fadeaway and a 3-pointer from Smith.
—Mike Cook, Twin Cities, 15 Sep. 2025
Scottie with the fadeaway 😅 pic.twitter.com/yYGRMvIXGg — PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) September 11, 2025
After hooking his tee shot into trees on the adjacent 16th hole, Scheffler punched out, walked back to the 18th fairway, and shot over tents and trees to land 40 feet from the flag.
—Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
On the next possession, Flagg scored on a fadeaway over James, drawing more cheers as Flagg slapped hands with his teammates on the bench.
—Broderick Turner
follow, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2025
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Cecilia Zandalasini’s fadeaway jumper at the buzzer to win the game and send the series back to Minnesota bounced off the rim.
—Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2025
The Valkyries scored the first basket of the second half, but the Lynx countered with a Collier fadeaway and a 3-pointer from Smith.
—Mike Cook, Twin Cities, 15 Sep. 2025
Scottie with the fadeaway 😅 pic.twitter.com/yYGRMvIXGg — PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) September 11, 2025
After hooking his tee shot into trees on the adjacent 16th hole, Scheffler punched out, walked back to the 18th fairway, and shot over tents and trees to land 40 feet from the flag.
—Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
On the next possession, Flagg scored on a fadeaway over James, drawing more cheers as Flagg slapped hands with his teammates on the bench.
—Broderick Turner
follow, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fade (away)
Noun
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This is because warmer air can carry greater amounts of moisture, and warming seas also allow for the evaporation of greater amounts of water vapor into the atmosphere, giving hurricanes more energy.—
Andrew Freedman,
CNN Money,
29 Oct. 2025
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The evaporation of food assistance would likely hit the region hard.—
Grant Stringer,
Mercury News,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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This episode was recorded 12 days prior to the passing of her mother Diane Ladd.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
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Following the initiative’s passing, the city created a Sacramento Children’s Fund Planning and Oversight Commission to help develop a strategic funding plan.—
Mathew Miranda,
Sacbee.com,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Think of it as more product, less melting ice.—
Susanne Fowler,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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This kind of ice plain melting has happened before.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Pick devices that still get updates after the second product cycle, so bug fixes and security patches don’t vanish the moment a new model lands.—
William Jones,
jsonline.com,
11 Nov. 2025
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His title once gave him a degree of protection, but that safety net has vanished.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
10 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The signature lumber is low-maintenance and resists staining, fading, and retaining moisture — even in coastal and harsh climates.—
Maggie Horton,
PEOPLE,
9 Nov. 2025
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But with production starts fading, assets flipping and AI looming, creators and corporatists alike are running short on resilience.—
Peter Bart,
Deadline,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Instead of just the solar disk vanishing, the entire corona disappeared.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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The literary thriller charts the disappearance of a girl from an upstate New York summer camp — and links it to the mysterious vanishing of her brother years earlier.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
People.com,
14 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Cases in which Black people were scammed, robbed, or even killed evaporated in court because of the testimony law.—
Equal Justice Initiative,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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If the weather is cold enough and the lakes freeze over, less snow falls because the water can't evaporate into the air.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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The net result would be the dissipation of the beam's energy.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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Apple’s new top-of-the-line handset has its best cameras to date, an improved heat dissipation system and its most significant physical redesign in years.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Fade (away).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fade%20%28away%29. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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