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to cease to be visible
the stranger disappeared into the mists, never to be seen again
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Recent Examples of disappeared
Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 20 May 2026
The 12-year search for answers has concluded for the family of Trukita Scott, a mother of two who suddenly disappeared in 2014.
—Joan Murray, CBS News, 20 May 2026
This monologue, somewhat off-the-cuff and emotional, is one of the moments where the former disappeared and the latter became beloved.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 20 May 2026
For those who haven’t, their margin for invisibility just disappeared.
—Robert Henderson, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
The job market hasn’t disappeared but has been quietly reclassified as a service economy, with the candidate as the customer.
—Ascend Agency, Mercury News, 20 May 2026
Months after his pregnant wife disappeared from her Modesto home, Scott Peterson was charged with killing Laci Peterson and her unborn child, The Modesto Bee previously reported.
—Alexiah Syrai Olsen, Sacbee.com, 19 May 2026
Friends and classmates, meanwhile, were being disappeared.
—Annie Hylton, New Yorker, 14 May 2026
China has largely disappeared from the landscape.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 13 May 2026
Verb
After it was announced in 2019 that the project’s release date had been moved to 2021, Sherlock Holmes 3 disappeared from the studio’s slate.
—Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 20 May 2026
The 12-year search for answers has concluded for the family of Trukita Scott, a mother of two who suddenly disappeared in 2014.
—Joan Murray, CBS News, 20 May 2026
This monologue, somewhat off-the-cuff and emotional, is one of the moments where the former disappeared and the latter became beloved.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 20 May 2026
For those who haven’t, their margin for invisibility just disappeared.
—Robert Henderson, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
The job market hasn’t disappeared but has been quietly reclassified as a service economy, with the candidate as the customer.
—Ascend Agency, Mercury News, 20 May 2026
Months after his pregnant wife disappeared from her Modesto home, Scott Peterson was charged with killing Laci Peterson and her unborn child, The Modesto Bee previously reported.
—Alexiah Syrai Olsen, Sacbee.com, 19 May 2026
Friends and classmates, meanwhile, were being disappeared.
—Annie Hylton, New Yorker, 14 May 2026
China has largely disappeared from the landscape.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 13 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disappeared
Verb
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Four swing districts vanished after Florida’s latest round of redistricting in April.—
Ashley Wu,
New York Times,
18 May 2026
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Rescuers located the bodies of four Italian divers deep inside an underwater cave in the Maldives, days after the group vanished during a dangerous dive far beyond recreational limits, Italy’s Foreign Ministry said Monday.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
18 May 2026
Adjective
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More research is needed to calculate microbial cities’ full influence on ocean acidity because dissolved calcite can counteract the carbonic acid to an extent.—
Damien Pine,
Scientific American,
15 May 2026
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Its water sample tested for dissolved solids, oil and grease, chlorides, sulfates, temperature and oxygen — all of which were within the bounds of Tesla’s permit.—
Arcelia Martin,
San Antonio Express-News,
27 Apr. 2026
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While Ingram faded, Barnes shone in the playoffs.—
Law Murray,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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That one afternoon’s momentary shame soon faded, but the belief that to be sick is a personal failure has much broader consequences.—
Tom Levenson,
Time,
20 May 2026
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“Disappeared.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disappeared. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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