as in to disappear
to cease to be visible
the kids' rainy-day gloom evanesced the minute they heard that we were going out for ice cream
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Recent Examples of evanesce
Gilchrist replies, his voice brightening the way an ancient sun suddenly burns through an evanescing cloud.
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Chris Richards, Washington Post, 7 June 2023
Other details — running water, a smudged kingfisher — appear only to evanesce.
—Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2021
Monkfish in a gripping mussel broth found its voice in between sips of an off-dry Alsatian pinot gris, its honeyed sweetness just evanescing off the brine of the seafood.
—Amiel Stanek, Bon Appétit, 3 Jan. 2020
The experience of simply having the experience, and letting each moment arrive unexpectedly and evanesce in its own time.
—Bess Matassa, Teen Vogue, 29 June 2018
The number of daily active users in March was lower than the average for the first quarter as a whole, a signal that Snap's user base may be evanescing into the void.
—Michael Hiltzik, latimes.com, 2 May 2018
The arc of his coming to America is dizzying: mystery begat hype, hype yielded to skepticism, skepticism evanesced under sheer amazement.
—Si.com Staff, SI.com, 9 Apr. 2018
And with every new meeting, my hatred has evanesced like fog in a bright sun.
—Will Blythe, Esquire, 1 Apr. 2010
Chris Richards, Washington Post, 7 June 2023
Other details — running water, a smudged kingfisher — appear only to evanesce.
—Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2021
Monkfish in a gripping mussel broth found its voice in between sips of an off-dry Alsatian pinot gris, its honeyed sweetness just evanescing off the brine of the seafood.
—Amiel Stanek, Bon Appétit, 3 Jan. 2020
The experience of simply having the experience, and letting each moment arrive unexpectedly and evanesce in its own time.
—Bess Matassa, Teen Vogue, 29 June 2018
The number of daily active users in March was lower than the average for the first quarter as a whole, a signal that Snap's user base may be evanescing into the void.
—Michael Hiltzik, latimes.com, 2 May 2018
The arc of his coming to America is dizzying: mystery begat hype, hype yielded to skepticism, skepticism evanesced under sheer amazement.
—Si.com Staff, SI.com, 9 Apr. 2018
And with every new meeting, my hatred has evanesced like fog in a bright sun.
—Will Blythe, Esquire, 1 Apr. 2010
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evanesce
Verb
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The blood trail continues for a few feet then disappears.—
Megan Kelly Brown,
CBS News,
18 Apr. 2025
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After Norman disappeared, Zizz borrowed a friend's vehicle and left the area.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2025
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But if the barrier is breached, protection vanishes, and the note’s return moves in tandem with the underlying asset, meaning that the client assumes a 1:1 loss.—
Sergei Klebnikov,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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The Yorktown vanished about 1,000 miles northwest of Honolulu, and was rediscovered by a U.S. Navy and National Geographic expedition in 1998.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
23 Apr. 2025
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First, there was a drip-drip-drip of crisis: as costs everywhere rose, city, state, and federal monies faded away once COVID-era bailout efforts came to an end.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2025
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But when a new Supreme rises, the old one fades away.—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
23 Apr. 2025
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“Evanesce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evanesce. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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