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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
Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026
That’s followed by periods of contemplation, energized wakefulness, and, purportedly, a vanishing of withdrawal symptoms.
—Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 24 May 2026
Nails with black finger polish, like Susana wore on the eve of her vanishing, were found in the woods.
—Mason Leath, ABC News, 8 May 2026
Sontag claimed to have forgotten about him, but his vanishing is better explained on writerly grounds.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
Until Earhart disappeared on a round-the-world flight in 1937, New York judge Joseph Crater was the most renowned vanishing act.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2026
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
Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 14 May 2026
Despite the black-swan event of the Strait of Hormuz closing, wars in the Middle East and Eastern Europe, a slowing US labor market and the vanishing likelihood of the Fed cutting rates this year, tech stocks are on a tear.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 13 May 2026
Not to mention vanishing hopes that the Fed will juice the market via big rate cuts.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 13 May 2026
Now, instead of vanishing, Vidiots has become a cornerstone of modern repertory culture.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 12 May 2026
Just days later, the moon will renew itself on Saturday, May 16, temporarily vanishing from view altogether while bringing some of the darkest skies of the month.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 11 May 2026
One guest held up their Tanqueray martini — an event sponsor, along with Google Pixel — in a toast to the quickly vanishing sunlight.
—Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 4 May 2026
After 26 minutes, that lead was vanishing.
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
As costs of both real estate and farming continue to rise, many parcels are vanishing without notice, making wine made from old vines increasingly scarce, especially in Napa.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 26 Apr. 2026
Noun
There were those e-books, the vanishing of book review sections and book reviews from newspapers, struggles of independent bookstores in the face of Amazon and, most recently, the invasion of AI, with its Claude, Perplexity, ChatGPT and Gemini with their seductive and threatening ways.
—Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026
That’s followed by periods of contemplation, energized wakefulness, and, purportedly, a vanishing of withdrawal symptoms.
—Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 24 May 2026
Nails with black finger polish, like Susana wore on the eve of her vanishing, were found in the woods.
—Mason Leath, ABC News, 8 May 2026
Sontag claimed to have forgotten about him, but his vanishing is better explained on writerly grounds.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
Until Earhart disappeared on a round-the-world flight in 1937, New York judge Joseph Crater was the most renowned vanishing act.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2026
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
Verb
Mann is presented as the Last Civilized Man of a vanishing era, whose words, spoken before audiences of officials, are lofty and inspiring.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 14 May 2026
Despite the black-swan event of the Strait of Hormuz closing, wars in the Middle East and Eastern Europe, a slowing US labor market and the vanishing likelihood of the Fed cutting rates this year, tech stocks are on a tear.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 13 May 2026
Not to mention vanishing hopes that the Fed will juice the market via big rate cuts.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 13 May 2026
Now, instead of vanishing, Vidiots has become a cornerstone of modern repertory culture.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 12 May 2026
Just days later, the moon will renew itself on Saturday, May 16, temporarily vanishing from view altogether while bringing some of the darkest skies of the month.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 11 May 2026
One guest held up their Tanqueray martini — an event sponsor, along with Google Pixel — in a toast to the quickly vanishing sunlight.
—Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 4 May 2026
After 26 minutes, that lead was vanishing.
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
As costs of both real estate and farming continue to rise, many parcels are vanishing without notice, making wine made from old vines increasingly scarce, especially in Napa.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 26 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vanishing
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Yes, but some rank-and-file staffers fear that management’s changes are like hot air, speeding up the melting process.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
29 May 2026
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Drafty rooms, open windows, ceiling fans, and uneven surfaces can disrupt the flame, causing uneven melting, excessive soot, or wax that burns faster on one side than the other.—
Alexandra Emanuelli,
Southern Living,
28 May 2026
Verb
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Paleontologists have for years worried that major fossils disappearing into private collections could limit research access or inflate prices beyond what museums can afford.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
28 May 2026
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After disappearing in 1993, Messina Denaro managed to elude authorities for the next 30 years as the Italian state cracked down on the Sicilian mob.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
28 May 2026
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The National Basketball Coaches Association announced his passing.—
Alejandro Avila,
FOXNews.com,
2 June 2026
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And Sonko was elected parliament’s speaker after being dismissed as prime minister, giving him huge power over the passing of legislation.—
Jenny Vaughan,
semafor.com,
2 June 2026
Verb
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At Eau Bar during early sunset, spring for a poolside lounger to catch a soul-stirring ceremony of bodu beru drummers walking the edge of a circular infinity pool, torch-lighting a fire ring backed by a fading horizon.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 June 2026
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The components might be familiar—guitars that sound like they’re played through a busted Zenith TV at full volume, heavy acoustic strumming à la ’90s folk-grunge group Days of the New, Slocum’s fading read-out of a voice—but they’re all pulled into slightly unusual shapes.—
Sadie Sartini Garner,
Pitchfork,
1 June 2026
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Making the powder involves several steps, including milk testing and pasteurization, the separation of curds and whey, draining and pasteurizing the liquid whey, and then sending it to a processing facility to remove more liquid via evaporation and spray drying.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA Today,
2 June 2026
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The reservoir, which is operated by Denver Water, is being drawn down for the summer, to redirect water to another reservoir where less will be lost to evaporation.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
2 June 2026
Noun
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These cooling elements provide an additional heat dissipation pathway from the high-bandwidth memory (HBM) package.—
Aditya Jadhav,
Interesting Engineering,
27 May 2026
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Sunburn makes heat dissipation much more difficult.—
Jordan Green,
Memphis Commercial Appeal,
18 May 2026
Noun
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His disappearance launched a nationwide alert by authorities who sought to take him back into custody.—
Logan Smith,
CBS News,
31 May 2026
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On June 23, van der Sloot's father, Paulus, a lawyer training to be a judge, was also arrested in connection with Natalee's disappearance.—
Lynsey Eidell,
PEOPLE,
30 May 2026
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“Vanishing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vanishing. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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