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to cease to be visible
the house vanished into the fog as we drove away
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Recent Examples of vanishing
Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 15 Feb. 2026
When a breakdown at a gas station ends with Whitney vanishing, police dismiss it as a runaway, but Megan knows better.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 30 Jan. 2026
In the season 1 finale, it was revealed that Roman was an undercover FBI informant, which might have been the reason for his vanishing.
—Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
His vanishing is what kickstarted everything.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Dec. 2025
The vanishing of a core rivalry — a pairing of teams whose matchups bring the NBA to a halt — has been one of the consequences of the NBA’s brief parity era.
—Jared Weiss, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2025
Instead of just the solar disk vanishing, the entire corona disappeared.
—Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 24 Sep. 2025
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
Joy Press, Vanity Fair, 19 Feb. 2026
Stitt and Moore are the leaders of the National Governors Association, one of a vanishing few bipartisan institutions left in American politics.
—ABC News, 19 Feb. 2026
He’s expected to be moved off their roster after vanishing amid last season’s knee rehabilitation.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 17 Feb. 2026
Those distinctive features give the species a look that is at once gentle and unmistakable — a face that, for the wildlife community, has become a symbol of how close a species can come to vanishing entirely and still find a path back.
—Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 13 Feb. 2026
Chinese tech underdog DeepSeek rocked the market with its low-cost R1 model, wiping billions off the stock market, with $600 billion vanishing from Nvidia’s market value alone.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2026
Take that, panic over vanishing attention spans!
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2026
Federal aid is expected to plunge dramatically in the next few years, particularly involving Medicaid and nutrition assistance, and many Connecticut lawmakers want to supplant some of those vanishing grants from Washington with local dollars.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 3 Feb. 2026
An 18-year-old man who was wounded during a confrontation with police is at large after vanishing from a hospital in Winston-Salem, according to investigators in North Carolina.
—Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 3 Feb. 2026
Noun
Perhaps that sudden ellipsis – the vanishing of a crisis that nearly tore the alliance to shreds weeks earlier – was gift enough.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 15 Feb. 2026
When a breakdown at a gas station ends with Whitney vanishing, police dismiss it as a runaway, but Megan knows better.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 30 Jan. 2026
In the season 1 finale, it was revealed that Roman was an undercover FBI informant, which might have been the reason for his vanishing.
—Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
His vanishing is what kickstarted everything.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Dec. 2025
The vanishing of a core rivalry — a pairing of teams whose matchups bring the NBA to a halt — has been one of the consequences of the NBA’s brief parity era.
—Jared Weiss, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2025
Instead of just the solar disk vanishing, the entire corona disappeared.
—Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 24 Sep. 2025
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
Verb
Las Culturistas cohost Bowen Yang, who recently departed SNL and has a thriving career in movies and TV, grows reflective at the thought of the traditional late-night format vanishing altogether—and with it the power to speak to a wide range of Americans all at once.
—Joy Press, Vanity Fair, 19 Feb. 2026
Stitt and Moore are the leaders of the National Governors Association, one of a vanishing few bipartisan institutions left in American politics.
—ABC News, 19 Feb. 2026
He’s expected to be moved off their roster after vanishing amid last season’s knee rehabilitation.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 17 Feb. 2026
Those distinctive features give the species a look that is at once gentle and unmistakable — a face that, for the wildlife community, has become a symbol of how close a species can come to vanishing entirely and still find a path back.
—Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 13 Feb. 2026
Chinese tech underdog DeepSeek rocked the market with its low-cost R1 model, wiping billions off the stock market, with $600 billion vanishing from Nvidia’s market value alone.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2026
Take that, panic over vanishing attention spans!
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2026
Federal aid is expected to plunge dramatically in the next few years, particularly involving Medicaid and nutrition assistance, and many Connecticut lawmakers want to supplant some of those vanishing grants from Washington with local dollars.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 3 Feb. 2026
An 18-year-old man who was wounded during a confrontation with police is at large after vanishing from a hospital in Winston-Salem, according to investigators in North Carolina.
—Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 3 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vanishing
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The Avalanche Association also said recent avalanches, rapid melting, heavy snowfall or rain, and cracking or collapsing snow can all mean the terrain is prone to an avalanche.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
21 Feb. 2026
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Bartlett also notes that induction melting—the method the mint described using—is a very common, flexible way to melt metal, especially when scrap is part of the feedstock.—
Eric Sullivan,
Scientific American,
21 Feb. 2026
Verb
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That doesn’t mean the drama is disappearing completely.—
Annie Blay-Tettey,
Allure,
19 Feb. 2026
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Sometimes, these platforms use disappearing messages.—
Natalie Eilbert,
jsonline.com,
18 Feb. 2026
Noun
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His passing was announced in a statement posted to social media.—
Mabinty Quarshie,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Feb. 2026
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But in the upper grades of 9-12, cell phones may be used during the lunch break and briefly checked or used for essential communications during the six-minute passing period window between classes, according to the policy.—
Julie Gallant,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Feb. 2026
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He’s spurred to do so, however, by Roza (Michelle Tzontchev), a single parent who now tellingly goes by the anglicized Rose, but is troubled by her growing distance (and more so, her young son’s) from her cultural roots — and her fading memories of a mother who didn’t travel and change with them.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
16 Feb. 2026
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The engines fading into something that felt like disbelief.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 Feb. 2026
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Doing so by way of a proxy lawyer, the bright-and-fast-burning inverse fund’s evaporation severs not just the duo’s business connection to each other, but also their personal relationship.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
15 Feb. 2026
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Avoid pans with tall sides, which won't allow for the same rate of evaporation.—
Martha Stewart,
Martha Stewart,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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These atomic motions define heat dissipation, chemical reactions and material properties.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Feb. 2026
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Experts question the feasibility and timeline, citing technological challenges including radiation-resistant chips, heat dissipation and communication obstacles.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Feb. 2026
Noun
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She is believed to have been taken against her will, and officials have released footage of a masked person on her front porch from the night of her disappearance.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
22 Feb. 2026
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After searching the house, Donner was still missing key elements, like a weapon, crime scene or even a single piece of direct evidence in Maxwell Anderson's home tying him to Sade's disappearance.—
Lauren A. White,
CBS News,
22 Feb. 2026
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“Vanishing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vanishing. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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