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as in disappears
to cease to be visible
the fog soon melted away with the rising of the sun
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as in thaws
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 melts
Once dense and lumpy, the balm is now a silky and lush oil that melts away impurities while leaving my skin hydrated.
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Gina Vaynshteyn,
StyleCaster,
30 June 2026
For example, cones from the sand pine can shield seeds for years, only to release them as the heat from low-intensity fires melts their resin and opens their scales.
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Torben Rick,
The Conversation,
18 June 2026
When the snow melts a wide array of other activities become available.
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Taylor McIntyre,
Travel + Leisure,
10 June 2026
Kristen Wiig in a voice-over role also melts hearts as the lovable Roboto.
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Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
2 June 2026
Building eerie musical patterns, Finnis just as easily melts the sound away.
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Sheila Regan,
Twin Cities,
22 May 2026
Shyanne visibly melts a little in the background, and Jinx begins vibrating with rage and self-hatred.
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Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
6 May 2026
Snowpack is an essential lifeline for the state’s water supply that keeps reservoirs healthy, acting as a slow, natural release system that melts gradually through drier periods and trickles water down into reservoirs.
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Chaewon Chung,
Sacbee.com,
22 Apr. 2026
Hair color specialist and salon owner Sue Tyrrell created this incredible feat, which melts from naturally dark brown to fiery copper strands.
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Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
4 Apr. 2026
Gina Vaynshteyn,
StyleCaster,
30 June 2026
For example, cones from the sand pine can shield seeds for years, only to release them as the heat from low-intensity fires melts their resin and opens their scales.
—
Torben Rick,
The Conversation,
18 June 2026
When the snow melts a wide array of other activities become available.
—
Taylor McIntyre,
Travel + Leisure,
10 June 2026
Kristen Wiig in a voice-over role also melts hearts as the lovable Roboto.
—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
2 June 2026
Building eerie musical patterns, Finnis just as easily melts the sound away.
—
Sheila Regan,
Twin Cities,
22 May 2026
Shyanne visibly melts a little in the background, and Jinx begins vibrating with rage and self-hatred.
—
Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
6 May 2026
Snowpack is an essential lifeline for the state’s water supply that keeps reservoirs healthy, acting as a slow, natural release system that melts gradually through drier periods and trickles water down into reservoirs.
—
Chaewon Chung,
Sacbee.com,
22 Apr. 2026
Hair color specialist and salon owner Sue Tyrrell created this incredible feat, which melts from naturally dark brown to fiery copper strands.
—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
4 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for melts
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The experimentation that innovation requires gradually disappears.
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And the pressure of crafting an opening line disappears, because someone else has already done the introductions from a stage.
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Early-warning system As climate change accelerates the retreat of tidewater glaciers and thaws the permafrost holding Arctic mountains together, the structural integrity of these landscapes is failing.
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Apply a granular fertilizer around the plant when the ground thaws in spring and again in late spring.
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Nine-year-old Elizabeth’s summer break takes a wild turn when her little brother Leo vanishes into the jungle.
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During this car ride, the antagonism between the two men vanishes.
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The Environmental Protection Agency describes Cs-137 as a flexible, soft, and silvery-white metal that liquifies near room temperature.
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These are all weapons specifically designed to annihilate outsiders trying to get inside the cities, weapons meant to cause the most pain for the amusement of the insiders (think a napalm bomb ornately decorated in the shape of a cone, which liquifies outsiders in seconds).
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But rental business owners like Zhao observed that the rental prices have begun to slide as novelty surrounding these stunt-performing androids fades.
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But as hope of finding survivors fades and the number of dead continues to climb, many fear the political aftershocks of the disaster may prove nearly as destabilizing as the earthquake itself.
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Ever settle in for movie night, hit play, and thirty seconds later, the picture dissolves into a blurry mess of pixels?
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Then the ball flies, and the thought dissolves into applause.
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Autumn softens the vistas along the Ring of Kerry and brings a quieter pace to the historic villages.
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In a heartbreaking moment, Paula asks why Trevor chose her, and Ashley softens a bit.
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After recent forays into darkly psychedelic drone music, the Mexican American producer returns to the dancefloor with an album that fuses techno and guaracha into a throbbing polyrhythmic juggernaut.
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Its style fuses techniques from American wrestling and Greco-Roman wrestling with aerial acrobatics and performance elements.
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“Melts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/melts. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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