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
These are the kind of deals that pop up, make your cart very busy, and then vanish.
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PC Magazine, 8 Sep. 2025
On September 11, 2021, Phillips and the children vanished for the first time, sparking an extensive search.
—Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
But a few years into the COVID-19 pandemic, that parity had vanished.
—Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
Phillips first vanished with his children – Jayda, Maverick and Ember – in September 2021, kicking off a huge search of land and sea.
—Todd Symons, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2025
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PC Magazine, 8 Sep. 2025
On September 11, 2021, Phillips and the children vanished for the first time, sparking an extensive search.
—Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
But a few years into the COVID-19 pandemic, that parity had vanished.
—Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
Phillips first vanished with his children – Jayda, Maverick and Ember – in September 2021, kicking off a huge search of land and sea.
—Todd Symons, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vanish
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But before long his hearing begins to disappear, leading him down a panicked trail of denial, anger and desperation.—
Travis Bean,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Normally that motion disappears without a trace, but a growing field of research aims to capture it and turn it into electricity for sensors, wearable devices and other small electronics.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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After a pause, the composition takes on a searching quality, as the melody travels from one instrument to the next, including a compelling viola solo performed by principal viola Maiya Papach, eventually fading out to nothing, leaving the audience suspended in uneasy quiet.—
Sheila Regan,
Twin Cities,
13 Sep. 2025
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The long-standing expectation was that these resonance signals would fade and become negligible as the momentum transfer increased.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Vanish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vanish. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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