tailed (off)

verb

past tense of tail (off)
as in melted (away)

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  1. evaporated
  2. vanished
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  • Any remaining limits on Nordic military cooperation evaporated once Finland and Sweden joined NATO following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, in 2022.
    — Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The urban middle classes are in despair because the bursting of a real estate bubble — deliberately engineered by Xi — has evaporated the value of their main asset.
    — Andy Browne, semafor.com, 27 Oct. 2026
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  • When Erika was 7, her cousin Yam, who was also her closest friend, vanished during a traditional festival in the Liberdade neighborhood while Erika’s mother was looking after the children.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Stacy Peterson vanished from her Bolingbrook home nearly 20 years ago.
    — Megan De Mar, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of vanished
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“Tailed (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tailed%20%28off%29. Accessed 5 Nov. 2026.

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