as in evaporation
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as in vanishing
to cease to be visible
the fog soon melted away with the rising of the sun
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as in thawing
to go from a solid to a liquid state
a forgotten carton of ice cream was melting away on the counter
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Recent Examples of melting
Kevin Baxter,
Los Angeles Times,
4 July 2026
And that traditional core American values include being a welcoming melting pot and nation of immigrants who want to embrace the world.
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Vahe Gregorian
july 4,
Kansas City Star,
4 July 2026
At the same time, her eyes were free of the ultimate Millennial marker, winged liner, and colored with a melting pot of brown, bronze and dusty gray shadow, visible in her waterline, too.
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Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
2 July 2026
As a city at the heart of the American South, Atlanta’s traditional soul food foundations have given way to a modern-day melting pot, blending Southern roots with inventive and global culinary techniques.
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Carinne Geil Botta,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
Power outages have also led to a Ferris Wheel being shut down and ice cream melting in the food hall.
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Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
30 June 2026
It’s truly best served warm with a fat scoop of vanilla ice cream melting over the top.
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Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
28 June 2026
One of the classic summer vacation foods is ice cream, but eating it fast enough to avoid melting is always a challenge.
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Lilit Marcus,
CNN Money,
27 June 2026
Sinner melting in the French heat can be largely compartmentalized as another case of his struggles in such conditions.
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Ava Wallace,
New York Times,
27 June 2026
Mary Shannon Wells,
Southern Living,
5 July 2026
When a large body hits, some of the impact energy goes into vaporizing or melting rock right at the impact site.
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Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
5 July 2026
As summer arrives, snow begins melting, ice hardens and rocks loosen, increasing the risk of falls and rockfall.
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Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
2 July 2026
The thick debris mantle shades the ice, keeping it colder, similar to how ski areas have started covering their slopes with reflective blankets in summer to stave off melting.
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Ashlesha Khatiwada,
The Conversation,
1 July 2026
Wheeled coolers, like this 62-quart option from Coleman, are easy to transport and can keep ice from melting due to hot temperatures.
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Bestreviews,
Mercury News,
29 June 2026
Direct reduction furnaces purify iron ore without fully melting it.
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John Lippert,
Chicago Tribune,
28 June 2026
The event has quickly faced problems including power outages, melting ice cream – and a lack of representation from states that declined to send delegations.
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Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
26 June 2026
The song comes with a striking visual where Teitelbaum finds herself in a beige hallway, desperately trying to keep an ice sculpture of a fawn from melting.
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Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
25 June 2026
Noun
But Al-Juburi doesn’t see the result as a melting pot, which burns away the unique flavors and characteristics of each ingredient.
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Kevin Baxter,
Los Angeles Times,
4 July 2026
And that traditional core American values include being a welcoming melting pot and nation of immigrants who want to embrace the world.
—
Vahe Gregorian
july 4,
Kansas City Star,
4 July 2026
At the same time, her eyes were free of the ultimate Millennial marker, winged liner, and colored with a melting pot of brown, bronze and dusty gray shadow, visible in her waterline, too.
—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
2 July 2026
As a city at the heart of the American South, Atlanta’s traditional soul food foundations have given way to a modern-day melting pot, blending Southern roots with inventive and global culinary techniques.
—
Carinne Geil Botta,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
Power outages have also led to a Ferris Wheel being shut down and ice cream melting in the food hall.
—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
30 June 2026
It’s truly best served warm with a fat scoop of vanilla ice cream melting over the top.
—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
28 June 2026
One of the classic summer vacation foods is ice cream, but eating it fast enough to avoid melting is always a challenge.
—
Lilit Marcus,
CNN Money,
27 June 2026
Sinner melting in the French heat can be largely compartmentalized as another case of his struggles in such conditions.
—
Ava Wallace,
New York Times,
27 June 2026
Verb
The topping, a mixture of heavy cream and mascarpone, is light and creamy without melting as easily in the summer heat.
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Mary Shannon Wells,
Southern Living,
5 July 2026
When a large body hits, some of the impact energy goes into vaporizing or melting rock right at the impact site.
—
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
5 July 2026
As summer arrives, snow begins melting, ice hardens and rocks loosen, increasing the risk of falls and rockfall.
—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
2 July 2026
The thick debris mantle shades the ice, keeping it colder, similar to how ski areas have started covering their slopes with reflective blankets in summer to stave off melting.
—
Ashlesha Khatiwada,
The Conversation,
1 July 2026
Wheeled coolers, like this 62-quart option from Coleman, are easy to transport and can keep ice from melting due to hot temperatures.
—
Bestreviews,
Mercury News,
29 June 2026
Direct reduction furnaces purify iron ore without fully melting it.
—
John Lippert,
Chicago Tribune,
28 June 2026
The event has quickly faced problems including power outages, melting ice cream – and a lack of representation from states that declined to send delegations.
—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
26 June 2026
The song comes with a striking visual where Teitelbaum finds herself in a beige hallway, desperately trying to keep an ice sculpture of a fawn from melting.
—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
25 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for melting
Noun
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First, there is the wet bulb temperature, which is the lowest temperature at which the evaporation of water can cool the air.
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The body cools via sweat evaporation, but humid air hinders this process, leading to inefficient cooling.
Verb
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After vanishing, they have not been heard from since.
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Amazingly, Danhausen remained a Top-13 t-shirt seller even after vanishing from AEW TV for multiple years.
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Technically, pimiento cheese can be frozen, but the texture will suffer after thawing.
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Pork sat thawing inside a supermarket bag on a prep table, two violations in one — direct contact with a non-food grade bag and thawing outside a refrigerator.
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The key to their passing is, essentially, that the school kids always get dragged towards the ball over on one side, and the internationals can constantly switch the play to the opposite flank, where one of the trio is unmarked.
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The world that Clive was such a wonderful representative of has now vanished completely with his passing.
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None of this means Chinese firms are disappearing from Africa.
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This lighthearted cameo delighted longtime fans and underscored that, while the late-night institution has closed, Colbert himself isn't disappearing from the spotlight anytime soon.
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And the premise of Robotech is there is alien technology on Earth that allows for humans to fight back against the incoming aliens by fusing with the technology itself to become mechs.
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Since 1947, the brand has occupied a singular place in the cultural imagination, fusing art, engineering and speed into something that transcends the automobile.
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Store your pillows and pool supplies in the Keter Signature 150 Gallon Deck Box, which uses DecoCoat technology that can withstand rain, sun, and extreme weather, and is designed to avoid splintering, fading, or rotting.
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With daylight fading, the playoff was scheduled for Monday morning.
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This means more of the sun's energy goes into evaporating plant and soil moisture as opposed to causing the temperature to rise.
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Sweat itself does not cool the body down, but the process of it evaporating off of the skin and turning into water vapour essentially transports heat away from the body and into the air.
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“Melting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/melting. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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