as in extinct
no longer existing
the vanished tradition of the maypole as the center for May Day festivities
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as in disappeared
to cease to be visible
the house vanished into the fog as we drove away
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Recent Examples of vanished
Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
However, when the students reached the platform the second time, Dylan had vanished.
—Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
The art of elusiveness — that quality of unknowable magnetism — has almost vanished.
—Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2025
Security alarms drew Louvre staff to the scene within moments, but the thieves had already vanished with their haul.
—Barney Henderson, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Giant ground sloths – some weighing thousands of pounds and standing taller than a single-story building – played vital and diverse roles in shaping ecosystems across the Americas, roles that vanished with their loss at the end of the Pleistocene.
—Aditya Reddy Kurre, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2025
That history hasn’t vanished, but something has shifted.
—Jailynn Tayor, Essence, 21 Oct. 2025
After the mall’s sale and renovation in 1980, the sculptures vanished from public view.
—Duante Beddingfield, Freep.com, 21 Oct. 2025
One look at those dishes and my appetite vanished.
—Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
But higher education opportunities in prisons largely vanished after a 1994 federal crime bill banned access.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
However, when the students reached the platform the second time, Dylan had vanished.
—Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
The art of elusiveness — that quality of unknowable magnetism — has almost vanished.
—Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2025
Security alarms drew Louvre staff to the scene within moments, but the thieves had already vanished with their haul.
—Barney Henderson, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Giant ground sloths – some weighing thousands of pounds and standing taller than a single-story building – played vital and diverse roles in shaping ecosystems across the Americas, roles that vanished with their loss at the end of the Pleistocene.
—Aditya Reddy Kurre, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2025
That history hasn’t vanished, but something has shifted.
—Jailynn Tayor, Essence, 21 Oct. 2025
After the mall’s sale and renovation in 1980, the sculptures vanished from public view.
—Duante Beddingfield, Freep.com, 21 Oct. 2025
One look at those dishes and my appetite vanished.
—Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vanished
Adjective
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Fossil remains have led to the identification of an extinct rhinoceros that lived about 23 million years ago.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Oct. 2025
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This is the third such species that has earned this label since 2020, when scientists declared the pillar coral functionally extinct.—
Alex Harris,
Miami Herald,
24 Oct. 2025
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The celebration was short-lived, however, when the smallest of the whales, a yearling biologists had named Bone and Inuit had named Kanik (or Snowflake) disappeared beneath the ice for good.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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The resilience that disappeared north of the border was back.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
29 Oct. 2025
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The contest was conceived by Grange officials as a fun family activity and an ode to Ramona’s agricultural past, said Karen Carlson, who reorganized the defunct organization earlier this year.—
Regina Elling,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Oct. 2025
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In a filing on Friday, the nearly-defunct federal body sought summary judgment in NPR’s lawsuit against the organization over its decision to appropriate funding for satellite distribution to a select group of NPR member stations before the CPB ceases operations.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
27 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Hopes of Orange County renters for any noteworthy discounting have faded.—
Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
22 Oct. 2025
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In time, the lyrical controversy faded, but it was never really resolved.—
Dan Beck,
Variety,
21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Al-Khatib’s home an d almost everything his family owned is long gone.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
8 Oct. 2025
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By reprogramming ordinary cells—like skin fibroblasts—into stem cells, scientists hope to create eggs and sperm from individuals long gone.—
Tony Bradley,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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His only local court citation, for an expired registration tag, was dismissed in 1998.—
Nora O'Neill,
Charlotte Observer,
23 Oct. 2025
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One drew an expired-time corner at the end of the first quarter.—
Tom Mulherin,
Boston Herald,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Vanished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vanished. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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