as in to disappear
to cease to be visible
by mid-morning the fog that had enshrouded the island had just evaporated
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Recent Examples of evaporate
Passing by the sun too often would have caused many of them to evaporate quickly.
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Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2025
But as television news viewership continues to evaporate, perhaps the new Paramount regime will be a bit ahead of the curve.
—Max Tani, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Most of these changes were just caused by the water evaporating.
—Joel S. Levine, The Conversation, 8 Sep. 2025
In the meantime, consumers can expect to find deals as EV inventory evaporates.
—Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
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Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2025
But as television news viewership continues to evaporate, perhaps the new Paramount regime will be a bit ahead of the curve.
—Max Tani, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Most of these changes were just caused by the water evaporating.
—Joel S. Levine, The Conversation, 8 Sep. 2025
In the meantime, consumers can expect to find deals as EV inventory evaporates.
—Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for evaporate
Verb
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Set in the slowly disappearing town of Malmberget in northern Sweden, the documentary explores what remains when a place vanishes – not only physically, but emotionally and culturally.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
20 Sep. 2025
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The Atacama seemed to appear and disappear through a kaleidoscope positioned in outer space.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
20 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Entire industries appear and vanish with the velocity of software updates.—
Joseph Coughlin,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Remember their 10-game skid, the losing streak that seemed to sink the season, the one during which Luis Ortiz vanished because of a gambling investigation, the one during which the Guardians couldn’t muster anything at the plate?—
Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Brenner concluded by reminding those on one end of a fading friendship to consider the nature of relationships over time—and how sometimes, things might just come back around.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Sep. 2025
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Union Jacks flap gently in the breeze; a golden slither of evening sun drapes a row of cottages; a red postbox, still bearing the initials of the late Queen, stands outside a village church, bathed in the fading light.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
20 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Some of the summer heat has melted away, with the golden days around 75F.—
Michael Goldstein,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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On their simulated planet, clouds released rain that froze into icebergs that melted and flowed down rivers, soaking soil and evaporating to rejoin the atmosphere.—
Zack Savitsky,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Evaporate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evaporate. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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