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fadeaway

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noun

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Noun
Laettner took one dribble, spun around and nailed the fadeaway jumper as time expired, giving Duke a 104-103 victory. Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 25 Mar. 2026 The Longhorns jolted out of the First Four with Tramon Mark’s walk-off fadeaway jumper. Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2026 Arizona, the team who ran through the whole conference, didn’t really have a problem with anybody, needed a Hail Mary fadeaway to beat us. Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 18 Mar. 2026 After Brunson missed another fadeaway, Podziemski went or the pullup off-the-dribble 3-pointer with under 24 seconds remaining and missed. Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for fade (away)
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fade (away)
Noun
  • That's when small amounts of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen are continuously added to tanks in order to counteract natural evaporation.
    Miles Doran, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
  • But Newman had a hunch that when soil dries up, the antibiotics bacteria use to wage war might become more potent, simply because of evaporation.
    Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 27 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • One of the first to mourn Browne’s passing was Craig Hella Johnson, founder and artistic director of Conspirare, the Grammy-winning professional choral ensemble.
    Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Miles did her best to keep TCU in the game in the second half, hitting 3s and setting up her teammates with creative passing while Johnson went scoreless in the third quarter.
    Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Alcala added that burritos were modified in the American melting pot in a similar way to sushi and pizza.
    Julia Gomez, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The combination is not only a melting pot of a roster, but a change in recruiting philosophy.
    Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • After alerting a flight attendant, the woman vanished into the rest room to avoid further entanglement.
    Catherine Lacey, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
  • The Furry Tales coexisted with candy characters for about a decade before quietly vanishing in the 1980s.
    John Haddad, The Conversation, 3 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • To ward off further damage, one major key is to prevent color fading.
    Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 23 Mar. 2026
  • However, the bedding itself has held up well without any fraying threads or color fading.
    Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 17 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Sontag claimed to have forgotten about him, but his vanishing is better explained on writerly grounds.
    Alex Ross, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Until Earhart disappeared on a round-the-world flight in 1937, New York judge Joseph Crater was the most renowned vanishing act.
    Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The summer sun can evaporate water before roots can absorb it.
    Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Apr. 2026
  • With French support all but evaporated, organizers scramble for alternative sources.
    Smooth Nzewi, Artforum, 2 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Turning a flaw into a feature In most quantum experiments, dissipation (a process where the system loses energy to its surroundings) is a problem to eliminate.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 4 Apr. 2026
  • The aluminum build is lightweight, sturdy, and handles heat dissipation well, and the 240Hz WQXGA display is bright and colorful, with crisp resolution and good contrast.
    K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 6 Mar. 2026

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“Fade (away).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fade%20%28away%29. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.

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