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as in disappearing
to cease to be visible
the house vanished into the fog as we drove away
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Recent Examples of vanishing
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
Perhaps that sudden ellipsis – the vanishing of a crisis that nearly tore the alliance to shreds weeks earlier – was gift enough.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 15 Feb. 2026
When a breakdown at a gas station ends with Whitney vanishing, police dismiss it as a runaway, but Megan knows better.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 30 Jan. 2026
In the season 1 finale, it was revealed that Roman was an undercover FBI informant, which might have been the reason for his vanishing.
—Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
His vanishing is what kickstarted everything.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Dec. 2025
The vanishing of a core rivalry — a pairing of teams whose matchups bring the NBA to a halt — has been one of the consequences of the NBA’s brief parity era.
—Jared Weiss, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2025
Instead of just the solar disk vanishing, the entire corona disappeared.
—Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Simon Akam, Vanity Fair, 2 Apr. 2026
As a warm winter with poor skiing conditions gave way to early springtime record heat, snow is vanishing from all but the highest elevations in the West.
—ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026
But this winter, despite the thin and vanishing snowpack, the Black River swelled.
—Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 31 Mar. 2026
Her doorbell camera had been disconnected, but images were recovered by the FBI showing an armed and masked man outside of the residence on the morning of her vanishing.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
That equates to three full Aaron Judge-sized human beings, vanishing off the face of the sport.
—Sam Blum, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2026
But, in reality, Hall was always an old-school performer whose like is, these days, quickly vanishing from the scene.
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2026
The closure of Forever Young hits as vanishing federal aid and runaway Medicaid costs threaten an ambitious new initiative to expand affordable child care.
—Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 25 Mar. 2026
The governor’s national ambitions are vanishing into smoke amid the failure of his redistricting efforts, mounting scandals among state agencies and an ever-climbing fiscal crisis for the state of Maryland.
—Torrey Snow, Baltimore Sun, 18 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
Perhaps that sudden ellipsis – the vanishing of a crisis that nearly tore the alliance to shreds weeks earlier – was gift enough.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 15 Feb. 2026
When a breakdown at a gas station ends with Whitney vanishing, police dismiss it as a runaway, but Megan knows better.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 30 Jan. 2026
In the season 1 finale, it was revealed that Roman was an undercover FBI informant, which might have been the reason for his vanishing.
—Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
His vanishing is what kickstarted everything.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Dec. 2025
The vanishing of a core rivalry — a pairing of teams whose matchups bring the NBA to a halt — has been one of the consequences of the NBA’s brief parity era.
—Jared Weiss, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2025
Instead of just the solar disk vanishing, the entire corona disappeared.
—Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
The display showed, on the left, the face of a gray-haired man with a resolute expression, his neck vanishing into a white collar and dark suit.
—Simon Akam, Vanity Fair, 2 Apr. 2026
As a warm winter with poor skiing conditions gave way to early springtime record heat, snow is vanishing from all but the highest elevations in the West.
—ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026
But this winter, despite the thin and vanishing snowpack, the Black River swelled.
—Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 31 Mar. 2026
Her doorbell camera had been disconnected, but images were recovered by the FBI showing an armed and masked man outside of the residence on the morning of her vanishing.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
That equates to three full Aaron Judge-sized human beings, vanishing off the face of the sport.
—Sam Blum, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2026
But, in reality, Hall was always an old-school performer whose like is, these days, quickly vanishing from the scene.
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2026
The closure of Forever Young hits as vanishing federal aid and runaway Medicaid costs threaten an ambitious new initiative to expand affordable child care.
—Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 25 Mar. 2026
The governor’s national ambitions are vanishing into smoke amid the failure of his redistricting efforts, mounting scandals among state agencies and an ever-climbing fiscal crisis for the state of Maryland.
—Torrey Snow, Baltimore Sun, 18 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vanishing
Noun
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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
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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
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Cicada’s disappearing routine Scientists who hunt for unusual Covid-19 variants waited to give this one a colloquial, or common, name.—
Brenda Goodman,
CNN Money,
2 Apr. 2026
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Economic leadership is not disappearing from legacy markets.—
Mike Simas,
Fortune,
2 Apr. 2026
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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
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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
Verb
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Hamlin led 292 of the first 317 laps, but a caution for debris on the racetrack with 89 laps to go came out at the perfect time for Elliott, who was fading rapidly on older tires.—
Jordan Bianchi,
New York Times,
30 Mar. 2026
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Blooper reels, once common in comedy films, are fading from cinema partly due to the rise of dramatic post-credit epilogues and the shift from DVDs to streaming platforms, experts say.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
30 Mar. 2026
Noun
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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
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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
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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
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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
Noun
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Hargrove, aged 29 at the time of her disappearance, was confirmed as the victim of the incident by the California Department of Justice Crime Laboratory on March 20.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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The reward for information about Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance is up to $1 million.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Vanishing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vanishing. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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