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as in vanishing
to cease to be visible
the departing ship gradually faded over the horizon
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as in bleaching
to make white or whiter by removing color
years of harsh sunlight had faded the car, which was once fire-engine red
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as in sagging
to lose bodily strength or vigor
began to fade after battling the disease for years
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as in sinking
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as in weakening
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as in passing
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Recent Examples of fading
Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Enter this darling Dutch oven—it’s constructed with long-lasting cast-iron and finished with a triple-layer enamel coating that prevents chipping, fading, cracking, and staining with use.
—Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2025
The heartfelt lyrics poignantly articulate the slow fading of their once bright connection, depicting the pain of watching a previously vibrant flame flicker and ultimately extinguish despite their sincere efforts to nurture and revive it over time.
—Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 29 Aug. 2025
Neat stitching prevents filling from shifting or bunching, and the quilt is constructed to withstand regular machine washing and resist color fading.
—Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Aug. 2025
Judy Blue Dark-Wash Wide-Leg Jeans Whiskering and fading gives these dark blue jeans a comparable vibe to a wide-leg pair that Sofia Vergara wore recently.
—Jamie Allison Sanders, People.com, 16 Aug. 2025
But for Rachel's mother in particular, there is a fear of Rachel's memory fading as this case wraps up in the justice system.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2025
There was Shawn [Ayers, Amy’s brother] talking about his memories of Amy fading, and how that haunts him, versus how the people who interrogated the boys used their memories against them and manipulated them.
—Cat Cardenas, Rolling Stone, 10 Aug. 2025
Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2025
The sturdy plastic housings resist fading and cracking and are brown in color to blend with most outdoor surfaces.
—Miles Walls, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Sep. 2025
After a pause, the composition takes on a searching quality, as the melody travels from one instrument to the next, including a compelling viola solo performed by principal viola Maiya Papach, eventually fading out to nothing, leaving the audience suspended in uneasy quiet.
—Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 13 Sep. 2025
Singapore's reputation as a safe harbor for wealthy mainland Chinese families is fading, reversing an inflow that came at the expense of rival wealth hubs like Hong Kong and Japan.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
For instance, the show, like its predecessor, is set in the epicenter of a dying business in a fading midsize industrial city.
—Michael M. Rosen, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
However, cotton is prone to shrinking and fading in the wash.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
So, if the usefulness of traditional metrics is fading, what should businesses be looking to measure and analyze in order to increase sales and customer loyalty in the agentic age?
—Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
This revealed that, even as the X-ray emissions of 4U 1630-472 were fading, the system was still ejecting material at an incredible 20 million mph (32 million kph) — about 3% the speed of light, and 15,000 times faster than the top speed of an F-16 jet fighter!
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
The top of its back is dark brown fading along its sides to become creamy white on its belly.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Enter this darling Dutch oven—it’s constructed with long-lasting cast-iron and finished with a triple-layer enamel coating that prevents chipping, fading, cracking, and staining with use.
—Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2025
The heartfelt lyrics poignantly articulate the slow fading of their once bright connection, depicting the pain of watching a previously vibrant flame flicker and ultimately extinguish despite their sincere efforts to nurture and revive it over time.
—Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 29 Aug. 2025
Neat stitching prevents filling from shifting or bunching, and the quilt is constructed to withstand regular machine washing and resist color fading.
—Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Aug. 2025
Judy Blue Dark-Wash Wide-Leg Jeans Whiskering and fading gives these dark blue jeans a comparable vibe to a wide-leg pair that Sofia Vergara wore recently.
—Jamie Allison Sanders, People.com, 16 Aug. 2025
But for Rachel's mother in particular, there is a fear of Rachel's memory fading as this case wraps up in the justice system.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2025
There was Shawn [Ayers, Amy’s brother] talking about his memories of Amy fading, and how that haunts him, versus how the people who interrogated the boys used their memories against them and manipulated them.
—Cat Cardenas, Rolling Stone, 10 Aug. 2025
Noun
But with its novelty fading and political scrutiny mounting, its long-term future in America is far from secure.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2025
The sturdy plastic housings resist fading and cracking and are brown in color to blend with most outdoor surfaces.
—Miles Walls, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Sep. 2025
After a pause, the composition takes on a searching quality, as the melody travels from one instrument to the next, including a compelling viola solo performed by principal viola Maiya Papach, eventually fading out to nothing, leaving the audience suspended in uneasy quiet.
—Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 13 Sep. 2025
Singapore's reputation as a safe harbor for wealthy mainland Chinese families is fading, reversing an inflow that came at the expense of rival wealth hubs like Hong Kong and Japan.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
For instance, the show, like its predecessor, is set in the epicenter of a dying business in a fading midsize industrial city.
—Michael M. Rosen, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
However, cotton is prone to shrinking and fading in the wash.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
So, if the usefulness of traditional metrics is fading, what should businesses be looking to measure and analyze in order to increase sales and customer loyalty in the agentic age?
—Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
This revealed that, even as the X-ray emissions of 4U 1630-472 were fading, the system was still ejecting material at an incredible 20 million mph (32 million kph) — about 3% the speed of light, and 15,000 times faster than the top speed of an F-16 jet fighter!
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fading
Verb
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Demerzel shields the embryo with her body, and both are incinerated, vanishing in a white-hot instant, love and code consumed together.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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Grey’s son, Loren Grey, restored his father’s original ending in the novel’s 1982 Pocket Books reprint, but the vanishing mythos remains intact, with the last of the tribe wistfully following Curtis’s Navajo into the temporal graveyard of the past.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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For example, coral reefs are bleaching more often and dying due to ocean warming and acidification, undermining fisheries, marine biodiversity and economic sectors such as tourism.—
Lauren Gifford,
Space.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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The pic also showed off Jennifer Aniston’s money piece highlights, the face-framing way to give yourself a bit of a blonde glow without bleaching your whole head, sort of the way a ring light illuminates you from the front.—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
19 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Then the hurricane continued on a more northward path around the islands and finally began weakening after powerful 145 mph winds tapered off.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Total job growth was revised lower by the largest amount in history, The revisions erased 911 thousand jobs over the full year period, adding to mounting concerns of a weakening labor market and fueling questions as to the reliability of monthly data being used to gauge employment.—
JJ Kinahan,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Initial jobless claims indicate only a minimal pickup in layoffs and/or deterioration in labor conditions at present, a positive dynamic.—
Jeffrey Schulze,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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The largest member of the grass family, bamboo is combustible, susceptible to deterioration and weaker in rain, raising legitimate questions about its durability, Arup’s Ho said.—
Karina Tsui,
CNN Money,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Similarly, fellow country artists such as the Dixie Chicks, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill expressed their sorrow over his passing.—
Lynsey Eidell,
People.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Our hearts are heavy, as his passing leaves a grieving family and a country grappling with division.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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What has brought these species back while others are disappearing?—
Tom Langen,
The Conversation,
9 Sep. 2025
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Younger Americans are worried that Social Security is disappearing.—
Ryan Ermey,
CNBC,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Several bright craters are visible brightening the dark lunar maria that cover swathes of the lunar surface, with impact ejecta streaking outward from some of the younger sites.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Support her post-grad skin with brightening serums, refillable lipsticks, and edge-control that actually holds during interviews and celebrations.—
Larry Stansbury,
Essence,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Cracker Barrel was looking to draw new customers, especially younger ones, after years of sagging sales.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
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Policymakers are widely expected to lower their benchmark rate by a quarter percentage point next week to prop up the sagging job market.—
Scott Horsley,
NPR,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Fading.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fading. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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