disappearance

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Recent Examples of disappearance And disappearance, in the end, is just another form of silence. Literary Hub, 18 May 2026 Authorities are renewing their call for information in the decades-old disappearance of 14-year-old Laureen Rahn, who vanished from her New Hampshire home in April 1980. Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 17 May 2026 The mystery of Buzzy's disappearance remains one of the most infamous urban legends in Disney parks history, but for Bailey, the story is about more than just a missing robot. Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 17 May 2026 Noel's disappearance triggered a wide‑ranging investigation that included multiple searches of the family's former home. Doug Dunbar, CBS News, 16 May 2026 His mother, 41-year-old Cindy Rodriguez Singh, was indicted for capital murder but had fled the country for India during the investigation into Noel's disappearance along with the boy's stepfather and six of her other children, the FBI said. Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 16 May 2026 Another man, Julian Mason, 26, of Moberly, was charged Thursday with tampering with evidence in relation to Kayla’s disappearance. Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 16 May 2026 Karma follows Cotillard as a woman with a troubled past whose new life is upended by a child’s disappearance. Zac Ntim, Deadline, 16 May 2026 The remains of a 6-year-old Texas boy whose disappearance led to a capital murder charge against his mother were found during a search of his former residence, more than three years after he was last seen alive, officials said Friday. Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 15 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disappearance
Noun
  • The index is back in the green after steep losses at the end of last week.
    Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 18 May 2026
  • Later this spring, the 1 X Vitahealth Medi Spa will open and offer things like hormone balancing, weight loss, nutritional consulting, and custom IV therapies.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 May 2026
Noun
  • The existing political infrastructure has no way of accommodating migration on the coming scale, which will evacuate departure economies, and overwhelm destination societies.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 May 2026
  • Though the Republican staffers’ departures are unrelated, their simultaneous exits leave Garcia with one less bridge to the Hill at a moment when US-Africa policy can least afford the disruption.
    Yinka Adegoke, semafor.com, 18 May 2026
Noun
  • The higher-grade fuel, designed to guard against evaporation as temperatures rise, can add up to 15 cents per gallon to the cost of a filling up, according to GasBuddy.
    Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 20 May 2026
  • Compared to bare soil, which loses up to 75% of its moisture due to runoff and evaporation, a layer of mulch around your plants can increase humidity levels, block weeds, and moderate soil temperature, reducing water needs.
    Molly Burford, Southern Living, 18 May 2026
Noun
  • The Aztecs are hoping to upgrade the center position with both Heide and Compton departing.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2026
  • This evocative tale explores the uncertainty of leaving home, even if departing means rejoining a cherished relationship.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 1 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Extrapolate that out to 17 games and that’s 3,468 passing yards, 986 rushing yards and 34 touchdowns scored for a season.
    Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 19 May 2026
  • After his passing, Mango’s chief executive officer Roni Ruiz took on the role of chairman of the board.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 19 May 2026
Noun
  • The melting pot implied that citizens gradually shed the distinctiveness of their traditions in order to become fully American.
    Ari Berman, New York Daily News, 15 May 2026
  • All of them have at least one roster, or two, that is a melting pot.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2026
Noun
  • 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

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“Disappearance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disappearance. Accessed 22 May. 2026.

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