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as in disappears
to cease to be visible
the fog soon melted away with the rising of the sun
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as in thaws
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 melts
The snowpack that builds up over the winter in the Sierra Nevada slowly melts to feed rivers and reservoirs through the spring and summer.
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Monica Garske, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026
Anchored to the ocean floor, the curtain would act as a physical barrier, limiting the flow of warm seawater that melts the ice shelf from below.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 4 Feb. 2026
The friction created by the sweeping motion melts the ice, which alters the stone’s direction and speed.
—Garrett Chorpenning, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
All the elements are there — bitterness, sweetness and a kiss of acidity — in a harmonious balance that melts with a silken gloss.
—Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Feb. 2026
The brand’s Gentle Cleansing Oil effortlessly melts away even the most stubborn waterproof makeup without leaving skin feeling dry or tight.
—Lily Wohlner, Allure, 1 Feb. 2026
Your home needs to be a place where responsibility melts away.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026
For cans, bottles, and jars, this Otstar tool features a unique six-in-one design that melts away any frustration from stubborn canned and jarred goods.
—Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 21 Jan. 2026
Greenland’s strategic importance has increased as climate change melts Arctic ice, opening shorter shipping routes to Asia and raising interest in the island’s untapped reserves of critical minerals used in advanced technologies.
—Nik Popli, Time, 14 Jan. 2026
Monica Garske, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026
Anchored to the ocean floor, the curtain would act as a physical barrier, limiting the flow of warm seawater that melts the ice shelf from below.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 4 Feb. 2026
The friction created by the sweeping motion melts the ice, which alters the stone’s direction and speed.
—Garrett Chorpenning, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
All the elements are there — bitterness, sweetness and a kiss of acidity — in a harmonious balance that melts with a silken gloss.
—Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Feb. 2026
The brand’s Gentle Cleansing Oil effortlessly melts away even the most stubborn waterproof makeup without leaving skin feeling dry or tight.
—Lily Wohlner, Allure, 1 Feb. 2026
Your home needs to be a place where responsibility melts away.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026
For cans, bottles, and jars, this Otstar tool features a unique six-in-one design that melts away any frustration from stubborn canned and jarred goods.
—Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 21 Jan. 2026
Greenland’s strategic importance has increased as climate change melts Arctic ice, opening shorter shipping routes to Asia and raising interest in the island’s untapped reserves of critical minerals used in advanced technologies.
—Nik Popli, Time, 14 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for melts
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His customers include older baby boomers and Gen X‑ers nostalgic for the players of their childhood, but most have been millennials like himself, drawn to something tactile and analog in an era when everything else disappears into the digital ether.—
Oliver Wang,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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That’s like the part of the map that disappears and there are dragons there.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
20 Feb. 2026
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Here's when spring 2026 begins and what to look for as much of the country thaws.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
16 Feb. 2026
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Historically, Lake Erie freezes and thaws the quickest due to its shallow depth, the shallowest among the Great Lakes.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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The story is driven by siblings Codi (10) and Vera (15), still reeling one year after their mother Loren vanishes during a mysterious accident at her hi-tech lab.—
Emiliano De Pablos,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2026
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When Claire and Frank retreat to Inverness on holiday following the end of WWII, Frank spies the spectre of a Highlander staring up into Claire's window that abruptly vanishes.—
Amy Wilkinson,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Feb. 2026
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The Environmental Protection Agency describes Cs-137 as a flexible, soft, and silvery-white metal that liquifies near room temperature.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
21 Aug. 2025
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These are all weapons specifically designed to annihilate outsiders trying to get inside the cities, weapons meant to cause the most pain for the amusement of the insiders (think a napalm bomb ornately decorated in the shape of a cone, which liquifies outsiders in seconds).—
Rafael Motamayor,
Vulture,
7 Aug. 2025
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Singleton acknowledged that sustaining the coordinated, multi-agency model beyond the World Cup will be difficult once the spotlight fades.—
Cierra Morgan,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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The continent’s funds have seen steady inflows over the last 12 months, after years of outflows, as pessimism over Europe’s economy fades.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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The plastic that encases laundry pods dissolves and rinses out with the excess water.—
Katelyn Chef,
Southern Living,
16 Feb. 2026
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Each dissolves in under three seconds.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Feb. 2026
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The reason that toum works better than fresh garlic is because toum is made by blending fresh garlic with olive oil until the garlic becomes suspended in thick, emulsified foam that softens the garlic’s sharp flavor.—
Josh Miller,
Southern Living,
16 Feb. 2026
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Each is made in Scotland, where a wash in pure local spring water softens the yarns even further.—
Eric Twardzik,
Robb Report,
13 Feb. 2026
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The unconscious Moon fuses with dark Pluto in your 1st House of Identity, and their meeting in your sign amplifies your presence.—
Tarot.com,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 Feb. 2026
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The film is a wild, funny, lustful, food-centric quest that fuses Western moviemaking styles with Japanese ideas.—
Ilana Gordon,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Melts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/melts. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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