as in to disappear
to cease to be visible
the house vanished into the fog as we drove away
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Recent Examples of vanish
Though by then, my corpse had mostly vanished from the public eye, after being sold discreetly to a private collector by a black-market art and antiquities dealer from Jonesboro, Arkansas.
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Hazlitt, 18 June 2025
Although ancient American ancestry in modern dogs has mostly vanished, there is at least one breed that still carries the native legacy from thousands of years ago: Chihuahuas.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 18 June 2025
Nova Scotia's Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) announced on Wednesday that investigators have conducted polygraph interviews as part of the effort to determine what happened to Lilly and Jack Sullivan, siblings who vanished from their home in Lansdowne Station on May 2.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 June 2025
Fans rapidly purchased the several thousand available copies, after which the collection vanished.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
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Hazlitt, 18 June 2025
Although ancient American ancestry in modern dogs has mostly vanished, there is at least one breed that still carries the native legacy from thousands of years ago: Chihuahuas.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 18 June 2025
Nova Scotia's Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) announced on Wednesday that investigators have conducted polygraph interviews as part of the effort to determine what happened to Lilly and Jack Sullivan, siblings who vanished from their home in Lansdowne Station on May 2.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 June 2025
Fans rapidly purchased the several thousand available copies, after which the collection vanished.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vanish
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Growing your personal brand means setting clear boundaries or watching your day disappear.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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When Solutions acquired the property for program participants, crime disappeared.—
Paul C Webster,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 June 2025
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Once the uncertainty begins to fade, capital returns more quickly than most anticipate.—
Jim Osman,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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The red measurement markings also have a tendency to fade over time, especially with frequent dishwasher use.—
Francesca Krempa,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
20 June 2025
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“Vanish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vanish. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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