as in to disappear
to cease to be visible
by mid-morning the fog that had enshrouded the island had just evaporated
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Recent Examples of evaporate
But in wet years, when big atmospheric river storms come off the Pacific, warmer conditions can cause more water to evaporate into those systems, bringing more rain.
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Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2025
That's more than just a statistic; that's confidence evaporating.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
Whatever little bit of glue that was holding Robby together evaporates.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2025
But virtually all those gains have evaporated amid investor worries about the protests, lagging sales in the U.S., Europe and China, and Musk spending time overseeing DOGE.
—Michael Liedtke, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2025
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Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2025
That's more than just a statistic; that's confidence evaporating.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
Whatever little bit of glue that was holding Robby together evaporates.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2025
But virtually all those gains have evaporated amid investor worries about the protests, lagging sales in the U.S., Europe and China, and Musk spending time overseeing DOGE.
—Michael Liedtke, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for evaporate
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The case was the first of dozens of pending lawsuits to reach trial in Louisiana against the world’s leading oil companies for their role in accelerating land loss along the state’s rapidly disappearing coast.—
Jack Brook,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Apr. 2025
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Legal experts have said the inadvertent sharing of national defense information with The Atlantic reported added to the group would likely violate the Espionage Act, while the chat’s disappearing message function would also run afoul of public records laws.—
Rebecca Beitsch,
The Hill,
5 Apr. 2025
Verb
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American man who vanished during dinner in tourist hot spot found dead.—
FOXNews.com,
FOXNews.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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As the local lore goes, a taxi driver on Archer Avenue picked up a strange woman who, during the ride, seemed to vanish.—
Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
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Curiosity fades fast when people don’t feel safe to use it.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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As the skin became more brittle, the hair fell out and the fatty layer beneath began to show more through the years, the white color faded, researchers said.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2025
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An outdoor ice-skating rink opened during the Christmas season, with an expensive cooling system to keep the ice from melting in the tropical heat.—
Gisela Salim-Peyer,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2025
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But his tariff rollout melted markets globally and dramatically raised the threat of a recession.—
Axios,
Axios,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Evaporate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evaporate. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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