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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
Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 31 Jan. 2026
Very cold air already in place will allow snow to accumulate quickly across the region, sticking to roads, bridges and untreated surfaces with little melting.
—Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 30 Jan. 2026
Any melting could easily re-freeze overnight.
—Cutter Martin, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
Maybe your roof is leaking from messy ice melting.
—Dave Lieber, Dallas Morning News, 30 Jan. 2026
Some North Texas roads may still be hazardous into Thursday morning’s commute, even after ice melting Wednesday, officials with the National Weather Service in Fort Worth said.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Jan. 2026
Scorch marks, melting, and exposed wires all indicate its time to replace your blanket.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 29 Jan. 2026
If the melting pot had failed and the hyphenated Americans remained hyphenated, this was so much the better in Bourne’s view.
—Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
The dinner’s audience constituted a melting pot of society, with individuals of all socioeconomic backgrounds, nationalities, ages, and ethnicities in attendance.
—Blake D. Morant, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 1 Feb. 2026
Sea level rise is also a direct result of a warming globe, caused by melting glaciers and the expansion of warmer water, which holds further implications for storms.
—Maleena Muzio, Hartford Courant, 31 Jan. 2026
Don't use chemical snow or ice-melting products that contain salts.
—Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 31 Jan. 2026
If each Animal Collective album exists somewhere on a spectrum between honeyed psych-pop melodies and brain-melting abstraction, Geologist’s contributions clearly fortify the latter impulse.
—Zach Schonfeld, Pitchfork, 30 Jan. 2026
Temperatures are expected to plunge Sunday night into Monday morning, raising concerns about melting snow refreezing on roads and creating icy travel conditions.
—Troy Bridges, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
Bar Tab Dan Stahl grooves to a cover band in melting-pot midtown.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2026
Salt dries into white rings, while melting snow can cause uneven water stains that stiffen leather, dull suede, and discolor fabric.
—Katie Cloyd, Martha Stewart, 6 Jan. 2026
The mountain snowpack functions as nature’s water bank, gradually melting to feed rivers and reservoirs through the dry months.
—Chaewon Chung
updated January 6, Sacbee.com, 6 Jan. 2026
Noun
Or erect a barrier fence to reduce the amount of salt exposure from snow removal equipment and ice melting products.
—Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 31 Jan. 2026
Very cold air already in place will allow snow to accumulate quickly across the region, sticking to roads, bridges and untreated surfaces with little melting.
—Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 30 Jan. 2026
Any melting could easily re-freeze overnight.
—Cutter Martin, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
Maybe your roof is leaking from messy ice melting.
—Dave Lieber, Dallas Morning News, 30 Jan. 2026
Some North Texas roads may still be hazardous into Thursday morning’s commute, even after ice melting Wednesday, officials with the National Weather Service in Fort Worth said.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Jan. 2026
Scorch marks, melting, and exposed wires all indicate its time to replace your blanket.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 29 Jan. 2026
If the melting pot had failed and the hyphenated Americans remained hyphenated, this was so much the better in Bourne’s view.
—Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
The dinner’s audience constituted a melting pot of society, with individuals of all socioeconomic backgrounds, nationalities, ages, and ethnicities in attendance.
—Blake D. Morant, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Verb
Much of the Charlotte area surpassed worst-case scenarios for snow accumulations Saturday, and temperatures are staying low enough to keep it from melting on Sunday, forecasters say.
—Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 1 Feb. 2026
Sea level rise is also a direct result of a warming globe, caused by melting glaciers and the expansion of warmer water, which holds further implications for storms.
—Maleena Muzio, Hartford Courant, 31 Jan. 2026
Don't use chemical snow or ice-melting products that contain salts.
—Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 31 Jan. 2026
If each Animal Collective album exists somewhere on a spectrum between honeyed psych-pop melodies and brain-melting abstraction, Geologist’s contributions clearly fortify the latter impulse.
—Zach Schonfeld, Pitchfork, 30 Jan. 2026
Temperatures are expected to plunge Sunday night into Monday morning, raising concerns about melting snow refreezing on roads and creating icy travel conditions.
—Troy Bridges, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
Bar Tab Dan Stahl grooves to a cover band in melting-pot midtown.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2026
Salt dries into white rings, while melting snow can cause uneven water stains that stiffen leather, dull suede, and discolor fabric.
—Katie Cloyd, Martha Stewart, 6 Jan. 2026
The mountain snowpack functions as nature’s water bank, gradually melting to feed rivers and reservoirs through the dry months.
—Chaewon Chung
updated January 6, Sacbee.com, 6 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for melting
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Of particular concern is the end this year of federal pandemic relief funding, which for several years has helped prop up the budgets of all American cities — the evaporation of those funds will make the task of sustaining progress only more difficult.—
Katie Hill,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Feb. 2026
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Previously, this heat was dispensed into the atmosphere through evaporation cooling towers, but CERN's new plan is to put this waste heat to some use while improving the facilities environmental signature by way of what's called the Large Hadron Collider beauty (LHCb) experiment.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
30 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Forced into 'impossible decisions' Sheila Brassel, a research director at Catalyst, said women's workforce participation has begun to lag because flexibility in the workplace is vanishing.—
Jessica Guynn,
USA Today,
29 Jan. 2026
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Miami-Dade County commissioners cleared the way Thursday for a heavy-equipment dealer to build a sprawling new headquarters outside the county’s Urban Development Boundary, which was put in place decades ago to protect vanishing wetlands and farms.—
Jenny Staletovich,
Miami Herald,
24 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Natural thawing eliminates damage caused by trying to remove ice encasing stems of perennials and shrubs.—
Barbara Gillette,
The Spruce,
31 Jan. 2026
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Frozen raw chicken and frozen chicken wings were improperly thawing.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
January 30,
Sacbee.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Anthony Paradiso, Meassick’s coach at Toho, had a similar QB in Tucker Israel, the state’s career all-time career passing leader with 15,034 yards at Lake Nona.—
Chris Hays,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 Feb. 2026
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Their third goal featured some of the most dynamic passing in recent memory.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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Fragmentation is not disappearing anytime soon, and the shift from multilateralism to minilateralism reflects a new reality.—
Vaishali Nigam Sinha,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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These giant bears hunt, mate and spend their days hanging out on Arctic sea ice, which is rapidly disappearing as the climate warms.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
29 Jan. 2026
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Within 28 Kothi lies Cafe Kothi, an intimate spot where the menu, though small, is carefully crafted and beautifully executed, fusing local, regional and global flavors.—
The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Jan. 2026
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Beyond the performance itself, Magic Mike Live New York is being positioned as a full-night-out destination, fusing live entertainment with nightlife and hospitality.—
Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
20 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The sheets felt slightly softer after washing and drying them, and there were no snags, tears, loose threads, or color fading.—
Brandi Fuller,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 Jan. 2026
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Turn jeans inside out, wash on a gentle cycle, and skip fabric softener to reduce fading and wear.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
29 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The secret behind the formation of super-Earth and sub-Neptune exoplanets has been revealed, thanks to a study of four young planets that are evaporating.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
20 Jan. 2026
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Newer facilities rely on closed-loop cooling systems that recirculate cooling liquids instead of evaporating water.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Jan. 2026
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“Melting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/melting. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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