Definition of vanishnext

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Recent Examples of vanish Around the end of the first movement, the border between the horizon and the sky vanished into the darkness. Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026 When a tool only automates a fraction of a task, but requires a $500,000 integration and continuous infrastructure maintenance, the ROI vanishes. Sridhar Yerramreddy, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026 The idea was to memorialize a vanishing Eden and the end of his five years of vagabonding, working on rivers, paying no rent. Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026 The parents of a 1-year-old baby who mysteriously vanished in 2025 are now behind bars in Broward — accused of killing the infant through neglect. Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 3 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for vanish
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Verb
  • Two women and a 9-year-old who disappeared while tubing on a Michigan river earlier this week were found safe Friday afternoon, authorities said.
    Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Mornings can easily be filled wandering the grounds, and afternoons could disappear beside one of the two pools or beneath an olive tree with a good book.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Economic fundamentals, in the meantime, will fade into irrelevancy.
    Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Every successful technology eventually fades into the background while those fundamentals remain.
    Michael Edmondson, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

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“Vanish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vanish. Accessed 10 Aug. 2026.

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