as in to fade (away)
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This can actually be taken too far—4 or 5 big dashes and the character of the genever all but vanishes, while only one dash and the genever character could be too strong for those unacclimated to its malty idiosyncrasies.—
Jason O'Bryan,
Robb Report,
9 May 2026 -
If the black hole vanishes, what happens to all the information trapped inside it?—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
9 May 2026
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Democrats’ jubilation over the prospect of claiming four new Virginia House seats evaporated on Friday, cementing a new GOP advantage in the mid-decade congressional redistricting war.—
Nicholas Wu,
semafor.com,
8 May 2026
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Our protoplanetary disk has long since evaporated, as has any trace of a circumstellar debris disk.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
8 May 2026
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Then Zabinski did the final round after the snow tapered off late Wednesday morning.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
7 May 2026
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The rain should begin to taper off sometime midday Monday or Monday afternoon followed by clearing skies and a cooler breeze Monday evening into Tuesday.—
Cutter Martin,
CBS News,
6 May 2026
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Van Dijk and her fellow travelers even brought their own swag to give out and said inaugurals feel like a bonding experience for everyone on the flight.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
10 May 2026
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This time the party is in London, where on Sunday the British Academy of Film and Television Arts gave out the 2026 BAFTA TV Awards, which honored the past year in British television.—
Eve Batey,
Vanity Fair,
10 May 2026
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“Tail (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tail%20%28off%29. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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