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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
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
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
Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
Writers write to stop the truth from vanishing.
—Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026
The oversized green scales that have greeted Publix shoppers for nearly a century are slowly vanishing as the manufacturer stopped making them in 2015.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2026
Savannah Guthrie speaks out on mother's vanishing The FBI recently received and is now analyzing potentially critical DNA recovered months ago from the Tucson, Arizona, home of Nancy Guthrie, sources familiar with the investigation told ABC News.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026
With a new moon underway, vanishing into the sky on Friday, April 17, even the faintest meteors have a chance to shine.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026
Cats slip in and out of their miniature palazzo, vanishing and reappearing as if through unseen doors.
—Mariella Rudi, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026
When great white sharks started vanishing from the coastal waters around Cape Town, South Africa, some scientists and conservationists were mystified.
—Michael H Gavshon, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
The new proposal suggests that the plate’s vanishing act has created stresses that have opened paths for molten rock to reach the surface.
—ArsTechnica, 10 Apr. 2026
Noun
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
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
Verb
That vanishing act is central to the format.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
Writers write to stop the truth from vanishing.
—Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026
The oversized green scales that have greeted Publix shoppers for nearly a century are slowly vanishing as the manufacturer stopped making them in 2015.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2026
Savannah Guthrie speaks out on mother's vanishing The FBI recently received and is now analyzing potentially critical DNA recovered months ago from the Tucson, Arizona, home of Nancy Guthrie, sources familiar with the investigation told ABC News.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026
With a new moon underway, vanishing into the sky on Friday, April 17, even the faintest meteors have a chance to shine.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026
Cats slip in and out of their miniature palazzo, vanishing and reappearing as if through unseen doors.
—Mariella Rudi, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026
When great white sharks started vanishing from the coastal waters around Cape Town, South Africa, some scientists and conservationists were mystified.
—Michael H Gavshon, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
The new proposal suggests that the plate’s vanishing act has created stresses that have opened paths for molten rock to reach the surface.
—ArsTechnica, 10 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vanishing
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Instead, precipitation arriving as rain – along with intermittent midwinter melting events – increased the runoff.—
Imtiaz Rangwala,
Denver Post,
8 Apr. 2026
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The National Weather Service urged caution in Sacramento rivers, as warmer temperatures are bringing colder waters from mountain snowfall melting.—
Camryn Dadey,
Sacbee.com,
5 Apr. 2026
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Maré is a model positive-impact project using tourism to preserve both the flora and fauna here—the Atlantic Forest is one of the most biodiverse biomes on the planet—and the disappearing vernacular of traditional Brazilian design.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
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Some decayed quickly, effectively disappearing without having done much harm.—
Eduardo B. Farfán,
The Conversation,
21 Apr. 2026
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Following Prince’s death, there was a two-year investigation into the circumstances around his untimely passing.—
Alex Gurley,
PEOPLE,
21 Apr. 2026
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Ryan is also the most accomplished player in Falcons history and finished his career with more than 62,000 regular-season passing yards, compared with Manning’s 57,023.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
21 Apr. 2026
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The cast iron ensures even heat distribution and the enamel iresists fading, chipping, cracking, and staining.—
Mia Huelsbeck,
PEOPLE,
20 Apr. 2026
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Shapiro-Ikenberry led through most of the first half of the race before fading to seventh.—
Scott M. Reid,
Oc Register,
17 Apr. 2026
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But Charnoz argues this may merely reflect how the cooling process sets the basic mineralogy of these primitive meteorites, followed by later processes, such as heating, evaporation or water circulation, giving the final touches to their mineralogy.—
Javier Barbuzano,
Scientific American,
22 Apr. 2026
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For home gardeners, protecting trees, shrubs, flowers and produce means paying careful attention to watering routines and shielding as much water as possible from evaporation, experts said.—
Elise Schmelzer,
Denver Post,
21 Apr. 2026
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The cooling technology is much in need of the hour for AI, as traditional heat-dissipation and power-supply architectures are rapidly approaching their physical limits.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Apr. 2026
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Hu adds that θ-phase tantalum nitride could be especially valuable as artificial intelligence gains even more widespread use and heat dissipation becomes a data-center bottleneck.—
Rachel Nuwer,
Scientific American,
11 Apr. 2026
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While police began investigating Marquis’s disappearance, Lakisha organized her family and community to search for him.—
Edie Peffley,
NBC news,
19 Apr. 2026
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The bodies of two of the family's children were found months after the disappearance, but the other members never turned up.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Vanishing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vanishing. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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