vanishes

present tense third-person singular of vanish

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Recent Examples of vanishes In Figments of Freedom, written, directed by and starring Webber, a Marine goes AWOL, burns his life to ash, and vanishes into America’s fractured heart. Matt Grobar, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2026 For many, August represents the last opportunity to sneak in a summer vacation before the season all too quickly vanishes. Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Aug. 2026 Years after walking away from the FBI, Fox Mulder and Dana Scully are pulled back from the shadows when a federal agent vanishes without a trace. ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2026 If the human vanishes at the moment of execution, then fraud, repudiation, and abuse all become easier to scale. Raj Ananthanpillai, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 He gets brought back into his old life when his FBI agent daughter, Rebecca, vanishes on a mission. Shelby Stivale, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Aug. 2026 In many cycles of history, that vanishes and the death drive and the need for power take over. Orna Guralnik, The New York Review of Books, 4 Aug. 2026 Green’s newfound intensity could merely be an early flash that vanishes by August, much less September. Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 28 July 2026 The easy, unhurried pace of the ocean vanishes, and it’s replaced by the coordinated hustle of hundreds (or thousands) of passengers preparing to step back into reality. Kristy Tolley, Travel + Leisure, 17 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vanishes
Verb
  • Lead actor Anthony Ippolito, who landed the part with an unsolicited self-tape, disappears into the garbled diction and hangdog stubbornness of a young Stallone without ever coming off as a mere impression of a person.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 17 Sep. 2026
  • That story, though compellingly told, disappears for whole swaths of the text.
    Scott W. Stern, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Biologically, a plant starts to prepare for seed production once a flower fades.
    Samantha Johnson, Martha Stewart, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The background star gradually brightens and then fades as the two stars move out of alignment.
    Thomas Fauchez, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2026

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“Vanishes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vanishes. Accessed 18 Sep. 2026.

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