as in vanishing
to cease to be visible
the image suddenly dematerialized, and once again we were staring at a blank screen
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Recent Examples of dematerializing
In a dematerializing economy—where value has shifted from physical assets to intangibles such as data, software, and capabilities—traditional strategy frameworks no longer provide enough guidance.
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Rita McGrath, Harvard Business Review, 4 June 2026
Rita McGrath, Harvard Business Review, 4 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dematerializing
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LaBarge frequently interrupts the telling to braid her narrative so tautly with those of others that their language blurs together, quotation marks vanishing, lines of demarcation eroding.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 June 2026
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Concerns of a serial killer first emerged in late 2010 after the disappearance of Shannan Gilbert, a 23-year-old woman who placed panicked 911 calls from the Oak Beach community before vanishing into the surrounding marsh.—
Michael Ruiz , Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
17 June 2026
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The report said witnesses claimed that the airplane lost altitude before regaining it, then flew at treetop height and turned to the right before disappearing from their view.—
Ben Wheeler,
Kansas City Star,
18 June 2026
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Now many of those developmental layers are disappearing.—
Jennie Glazer,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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Most El Niño events typically begin forming between March and June, strengthen through summer into fall, and peak between November and January before fading in late winter into spring.—
Brandi D. Addison,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
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Market expectations have shifted throughout the war, with broad rate cut expectations fading and being replaced by higher-for-longer interest-rate environments across economies.—
Terri Cullen,Chloe Taylor,Garrett Downs,Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
14 June 2026
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The boiling water creates intense thermal shock that instantly ruptures the plant's cell walls, melting its protective waxy coating and causing the foliage to collapse and dehydrate, effectively cooking the plant tissue.—
SJ McShane,
Martha Stewart,
10 June 2026
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The topping, a mixture of heavy cream and mascarpone, is light and creamy without melting as easily in the summer heat.—
Mary Shannon Wells,
Southern Living,
8 June 2026
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“Dematerializing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dematerializing. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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