Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gone (away)
Verb
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Two years later, her older sister, Annette Cole, also disappeared.—
Kristine Phillips,
IndyStar,
5 Feb. 2026 -
On July 2, 1937 Earhart was at the controls of a twin-engine Lockheed Electra 10E aircraft, with Fred Noonan serving as navigator, when the plane disappeared.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
4 Feb. 2026
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Melody and the child's father, Rico Garrett, vanished weeks after the fire.—
Jeramie Bizzle,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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An avid outdoorsman who vanished off North Carolina’s Outer Banks was terminally ill, according to family members.—
Mark Price
January 26,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Jan. 2026
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When Thundering Herd guard Jalen Speer hit a 3-pointer to put them up 63-62, the Bobcats' lead had completely evaporated.—
Caleb Yum,
Austin American Statesman,
29 Jan. 2026
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Pour in ¾ cup dry white wine or sake and cook, stirring occasionally, until almost completely evaporated and sauce is thick again, about 5 minutes.—
Chris Morocco,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
Verb
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After my grandmother passed, Italy no longer felt like the mother ship, and the younger generation’s Italian Americanness faded with assimilation.—
Chris Morocco,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
4 Feb. 2026
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The sharp and stressful spikes of the pandemic years may have faded, but the baseline tension hasn’t.—
Stefanie Groner,
Glamour,
4 Feb. 2026
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The Energy and Sustainability Solutions segment is being dissolved as UOP will combine with the core process solutions division of Industrial Automation to form the new Process Automation and Technology segment.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
29 Jan. 2026
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While seeing one of the marquee mainstage artists of the EDM era and beyond on a club tour might be surprising, Afrojack says this in this era of dance music, the rules around genres and which type of artists can play them are — at least among artists themselves — dissolved.—
Katie Bain,
Billboard,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Gone (away).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gone%20%28away%29. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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