as in disappears
to cease to be visible
the house vanished into the fog as we drove away
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Recent Examples of vanishes
And at that point, ushered into the floating mists of non-consensus with murmurings of political unease regarding content or intellectual befuddlement regarding style, the briefly sighted, singular beast of language vanishes from the visible landscape.
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Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
The story is driven by siblings Codi (10) and Vera (15), still reeling one year after their mother Loren vanishes during a mysterious accident at her hi-tech lab.
—Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
When Claire and Frank retreat to Inverness on holiday following the end of WWII, Frank spies the spectre of a Highlander staring up into Claire's window that abruptly vanishes.
—Amy Wilkinson, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Feb. 2026
Remove the gap, and the premium vanishes.
—Joseph M. Singer, Deadline, 6 Feb. 2026
Much of that money vanishes if the Games do.
—Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
Even worse, amid the endless barrage of newness, our tolerance for sitting with work that may surprise or challenge us, confound and move us, weakens—or vanishes entirely.
—Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2026
When neutrality vanishes, diversification becomes a matter of survival.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
When a parent vanishes from daily life, children don’t just lose contact.
—Jann Blackstone, Boston Herald, 18 Jan. 2026
Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
The story is driven by siblings Codi (10) and Vera (15), still reeling one year after their mother Loren vanishes during a mysterious accident at her hi-tech lab.
—Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
When Claire and Frank retreat to Inverness on holiday following the end of WWII, Frank spies the spectre of a Highlander staring up into Claire's window that abruptly vanishes.
—Amy Wilkinson, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Feb. 2026
Remove the gap, and the premium vanishes.
—Joseph M. Singer, Deadline, 6 Feb. 2026
Much of that money vanishes if the Games do.
—Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
Even worse, amid the endless barrage of newness, our tolerance for sitting with work that may surprise or challenge us, confound and move us, weakens—or vanishes entirely.
—Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2026
When neutrality vanishes, diversification becomes a matter of survival.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
When a parent vanishes from daily life, children don’t just lose contact.
—Jann Blackstone, Boston Herald, 18 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vanishes
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His customers include older baby boomers and Gen X‑ers nostalgic for the players of their childhood, but most have been millennials like himself, drawn to something tactile and analog in an era when everything else disappears into the digital ether.—
Oliver Wang,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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That’s like the part of the map that disappears and there are dragons there.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
20 Feb. 2026
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Singleton acknowledged that sustaining the coordinated, multi-agency model beyond the World Cup will be difficult once the spotlight fades.—
Cierra Morgan,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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The continent’s funds have seen steady inflows over the last 12 months, after years of outflows, as pessimism over Europe’s economy fades.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Vanishes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vanishes. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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