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as in vanishing
to cease to be visible
the fog soon melted away with the rising of the sun
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as in thawing
to go from a solid to a liquid state
a forgotten carton of ice cream was melting away on the counter
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Recent Examples of melting
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
18 June 2026
Fan Fest has become a melting pot alongside the bars.
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Mike Sullivan,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
As former Mayor David Dinkins once said, New York is not a melting pot but a gorgeous mosaic.
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Zohran Mamdani,
New York Daily News,
17 June 2026
McClory said the mergers don’t make the Gary community a melting pot, which becomes bland and one-note after a while.
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Michelle L. Quinn,
Chicago Tribune,
15 June 2026
The Arctic Ice Project, initially called ICE911, was a nonprofit organization founded to find ways to reflect sunlight away from the Earth’s surface and slow the melting of Arctic ice.
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Buket Altınçelep,
The Conversation,
12 June 2026
What once was a mop of bleach blond ringlets is now a melting pot of caramel and honey brown, thanks to Swift’s longtime hairstylist Jemma Muradian, whose client roster also includes Sara Bareilles.
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Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
10 June 2026
The resulting plastic is identical to material made from fossil fuels, completely overcoming the degradation that usually happens during mechanical melting.
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Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
8 June 2026
Many researchers have theorized that melting Ice Age glaciers likely helped passively shift the Altar Stone closer to southern England’s Salisbury Plain around 2500 BCE, shortening the transport distance for Stonehenge’s creators.
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Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
4 June 2026
Maggie Meyer Glisan,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 June 2026
Wildfires, floods, melting ice caps, heat waves, the bleaching of ocean reefs.
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Steve Lopez,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
Unlike with other major methane sources, such as belching cattle or melting permafrost, the technology to curb emissions from oil and gas operations is already viable, and fairly cheap.
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Alex Cuadros,
ProPublica,
16 June 2026
Now the polar ice cap was melting, opening up potential Arctic sea lanes.
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Ben Taub,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
If there was an ice-melting product used and mixed in with the snow, that could have burned the foliage.
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Tim Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
14 June 2026
Keep the water at a gentle simmer if melting on the stovetop, and cook at no higher than 50 percent power if using the microwave.
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Martha Stewart,
13 June 2026
The topping, a mixture of heavy cream and mascarpone, is light and creamy without melting as easily in the summer heat.
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Mary Shannon Wells,
Southern Living,
8 June 2026
What makes Roaring River Falls so dangerous Roaring River Falls is a 40-foot cascade that surges through a narrow granite chute, especially powerful in late spring and early summer when melting snow feeds Sierra rivers.
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James Ward,
USA Today,
2 June 2026
Noun
The city’s Centennial Olympic Park has become an international melting pot of fans, all sharing a mutual passion for the Beautiful Game.
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Ben Church,
CNN Money,
18 June 2026
Fan Fest has become a melting pot alongside the bars.
—
Mike Sullivan,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
As former Mayor David Dinkins once said, New York is not a melting pot but a gorgeous mosaic.
—
Zohran Mamdani,
New York Daily News,
17 June 2026
McClory said the mergers don’t make the Gary community a melting pot, which becomes bland and one-note after a while.
—
Michelle L. Quinn,
Chicago Tribune,
15 June 2026
The Arctic Ice Project, initially called ICE911, was a nonprofit organization founded to find ways to reflect sunlight away from the Earth’s surface and slow the melting of Arctic ice.
—
Buket Altınçelep,
The Conversation,
12 June 2026
What once was a mop of bleach blond ringlets is now a melting pot of caramel and honey brown, thanks to Swift’s longtime hairstylist Jemma Muradian, whose client roster also includes Sara Bareilles.
—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
10 June 2026
The resulting plastic is identical to material made from fossil fuels, completely overcoming the degradation that usually happens during mechanical melting.
—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
8 June 2026
Many researchers have theorized that melting Ice Age glaciers likely helped passively shift the Altar Stone closer to southern England’s Salisbury Plain around 2500 BCE, shortening the transport distance for Stonehenge’s creators.
—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
4 June 2026
Verb
Give it a beat to start melting, then stir until the cheese is fully melted and the meat is evenly coated.
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Maggie Meyer Glisan,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 June 2026
Wildfires, floods, melting ice caps, heat waves, the bleaching of ocean reefs.
—
Steve Lopez,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
Unlike with other major methane sources, such as belching cattle or melting permafrost, the technology to curb emissions from oil and gas operations is already viable, and fairly cheap.
—
Alex Cuadros,
ProPublica,
16 June 2026
Now the polar ice cap was melting, opening up potential Arctic sea lanes.
—
Ben Taub,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
If there was an ice-melting product used and mixed in with the snow, that could have burned the foliage.
—
Tim Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
14 June 2026
Keep the water at a gentle simmer if melting on the stovetop, and cook at no higher than 50 percent power if using the microwave.
—
Martha Stewart,
13 June 2026
The topping, a mixture of heavy cream and mascarpone, is light and creamy without melting as easily in the summer heat.
—
Mary Shannon Wells,
Southern Living,
8 June 2026
What makes Roaring River Falls so dangerous Roaring River Falls is a 40-foot cascade that surges through a narrow granite chute, especially powerful in late spring and early summer when melting snow feeds Sierra rivers.
—
James Ward,
USA Today,
2 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for melting
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Mixsoon Bean Collagen Hydrogel Mask Unlike traditional cotton or cellulose sheet masks, Mixsoon's Bean Collagen Hydrogel Mask molds closely to the skin, helping minimize evaporation and maximize ingredient absorption.
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Plug-ins, by contrast, rely on heat or evaporation at a single outlet and scent only the air within a limited radius around the device.
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Amazingly, Danhausen remained a Top-13 t-shirt seller even after vanishing from AEW TV for multiple years.
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LaBarge frequently interrupts the telling to braid her narrative so tautly with those of others that their language blurs together, quotation marks vanishing, lines of demarcation eroding.
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That’s why when inspectors see, say, salmon in that packaging thawing in the walk-in cooler, it gets hit with a Stop Sale.
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Note that the texture may change after thawing.
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Since her passing, Sonoma County experienced the most destructive wildfires in California history in 2017, only for another, more destructive fire to surpass it a year later.
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Both works in tandem poetically evoke the passing of an older generation’s spirit into their descendants.
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To keep your top candidates from disappearing, the hiring team should regularly discuss ways to improve the overall interview experience.
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Now even that pretense is disappearing.
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The narrative conjures meaning from the Los Angeles cityscape by fusing a hodgepodge of textbook theories about the sprawling metropolis onto the gritty reality of daily life.
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At the Miami event on May 2, guests were invited to explore the world of Carrera with a live car painting competition fusing art, culture and automotive design.
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His demise fit with the fading of the rest of the natural world.
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Dish soap strips away the protective wax and can actually dull or damage the paint over time, leaving it more vulnerable to scratches and fading.
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Liquid versions of this technology worked, but used toxic, fast-evaporating solvents.
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Add a layer of mulch over the top of the soil to keep moisture from evaporating quickly.
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“Melting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/melting. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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