as in disappearing
to cease to be visible
the house vanished into the fog as we drove away
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Recent Examples of vanishing
Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 14 Aug. 2025
This kind of waste, activists say, is contributing to the vanishing of the Great Salt Lake, which three years ago reached a record, concerning low.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
What follows is a crusade of detours, espionage and a paranoid struggle to preserve a vanishing world — and the only home he’s ever known.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 31 Aug. 2025
Glaciers across High Mountain Asia are disappearing at an alarming rate, with more than 22 gigatons of ice vanishing each year, which is roughly equal to the volume of nine million Olympic-sized swimming pools.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2025
For example, element 102, Nobelium (No) is made up of isotopes with a half life measured in milliseconds, with the most stable lasting a mere 58 minutes before vanishing.
—David Szondy
august 27, New Atlas, 27 Aug. 2025
The image is a final gesture to a vanishing way of life, the modern building at right blandly cold in contrast to the warm glow of the brownstone.
—Chris Ware, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Without historical habitat protections, a butterfly species such as this one might disappear entirely between underfunded surveys, vanishing before anyone realizes, while species such as the manatee may continue shrinking as previous methods of intervention get whittled away.
—Lois Parshley, The Atlantic, 25 Aug. 2025
Bank of America’s latest research shows that the era of the job-hopper—once the defining labor market species during the pandemic’s Great Resignation—is quickly vanishing.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2025
To keep it from vanishing, perch the treat just on the rim of the glass or slide it onto a short skewer before garnishing the sweet sipper.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Aug. 2025
Verb
The literary thriller charts the disappearance of a girl from an upstate New York summer camp — and links it to the mysterious vanishing of her brother years earlier.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 14 Aug. 2025
This kind of waste, activists say, is contributing to the vanishing of the Great Salt Lake, which three years ago reached a record, concerning low.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
Noun
Revered and feared in equal measure, the Barbary lion was immortalized in North African folklore as a symbol of power, majesty, and a rapidly vanishing wilderness.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
What follows is a crusade of detours, espionage and a paranoid struggle to preserve a vanishing world — and the only home he’s ever known.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 31 Aug. 2025
Glaciers across High Mountain Asia are disappearing at an alarming rate, with more than 22 gigatons of ice vanishing each year, which is roughly equal to the volume of nine million Olympic-sized swimming pools.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2025
For example, element 102, Nobelium (No) is made up of isotopes with a half life measured in milliseconds, with the most stable lasting a mere 58 minutes before vanishing.
—David Szondy
august 27, New Atlas, 27 Aug. 2025
The image is a final gesture to a vanishing way of life, the modern building at right blandly cold in contrast to the warm glow of the brownstone.
—Chris Ware, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Without historical habitat protections, a butterfly species such as this one might disappear entirely between underfunded surveys, vanishing before anyone realizes, while species such as the manatee may continue shrinking as previous methods of intervention get whittled away.
—Lois Parshley, The Atlantic, 25 Aug. 2025
Bank of America’s latest research shows that the era of the job-hopper—once the defining labor market species during the pandemic’s Great Resignation—is quickly vanishing.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2025
To keep it from vanishing, perch the treat just on the rim of the glass or slide it onto a short skewer before garnishing the sweet sipper.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vanishing
Verb
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What has brought these species back while others are disappearing?—
Tom Langen,
The Conversation,
9 Sep. 2025
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Younger Americans are worried that Social Security is disappearing.—
Ryan Ermey,
CNBC,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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If muscle-melting massages are more your style, the Maldives has some of the best in the world.—
Katie Lockhart,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Sep. 2025
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There’s enough blame to fill what’s left of the world’s melting glaciers after this debacle of an opener in which the Dolphins were dominated, 33-8, by a mediocre Colts team and looks further from contention than any time this decade.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
7 Sep. 2025
Verb
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This revealed that, even as the X-ray emissions of 4U 1630-472 were fading, the system was still ejecting material at an incredible 20 million mph (32 million kph) — about 3% the speed of light, and 15,000 times faster than the top speed of an F-16 jet fighter!—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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All of these weaknesses are either gone or fading fast.—
Michael Foster,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The strong output Friday night involved a variety of players and highlights, and included five passing plays of at least 20 yards and six runs of at least 20.—
Jim Keyser,
Idaho Statesman,
6 Sep. 2025
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Herbert finished 25-of-34 passing and did not turn the ball over.—
Jesse Newell,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Warmer temperatures increase evaporation, drying out rivers, reservoirs, soil and vegetation, and speeding up Earth’s water cycle as more water goes back into the air for precipitation.—
John Leos,
AZCentral.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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But the dozens of climate scientists point out that this is misleading, because higher temperatures and more evaporation — not just low rainfall — can lead to and exacerbate droughts.—
Julia Simon,
NPR,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Enhanced heat dissipation and a 25% boost in energy efficiency ensure reliable, long-lasting performance.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
28 Aug. 2025
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As a result, liquid cooling, particularly cold plate liquid cooling, has become the new norm in China’s data centers due to its efficient heat dissipation and relatively simple retrofit process.—
Ni Tao,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The rapid disappearance of Gen Z at large technology companies is a dog whistle to what’s really going behind the scenes—AI is automating roles, from entry-level upwards.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
7 Sep. 2025
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In Night Moves, Gene Hackman’s frustrated former athlete turned PI goes down to the Florida Keys to investigate the disappearance of a teenage girl.—
Christina Newland,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Vanishing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vanishing. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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