DEMATERIALIZING Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

dematerializing

verb

present participle of dematerialize

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 She’s represented here by a woman dematerializing headfirst, seemingly outlived only by her pendulous breasts, and a sparse landscape where a spectral figure peeks up from the bottom edge. — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 15 July 2026 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. — Rita McGrath, Harvard Business Review, 4 June 2026

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Meanwhile, hopes for a new round of talks to cobble together another ceasefire are vanishing.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 18 July 2026
His 2025 mysterious vanishing act is now a transaction-in-waiting on the business side, set to follow Jauan Jennings out the door.

— Cam Inman, Mercury News, 17 July 2026

Definition of vanishing

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As Fortune reported, a generation watching AI hollow out entry-level work is increasingly deciding to skip corporate careers altogether rather than line up for a bottom rung that's disappearing anyway.

— Alli Kushner, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Public records related to the LAPD began disappearing from a city of Los Angeles website last April, according to a UCLA professor.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026

Definition of disappearing

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The successor to the Tour de France Féminin, the Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale, operated for years in a state of underfunding before fading from the calendar entirely.

— Lindsey Darvin, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Yet the company does have contend with fading interest from its existing consumer base; most users tend to use the product less after two weeks, except for momentary bumps from competitions.

— Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 30 July 2026

Definition of fading

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Her aunt gave her a warm piece with margarine melting at the center.

— Rachel Yoder, New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2026
The Springfield Sliders became the Lucky Horseshoes in 2022, swapping out their Abraham Lincoln logo for a horseshoe swinging a french fry bat, complete with a drip of melting cheese.

— Kendra Nordin Beato, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Aug. 2026

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