as in to disappear
to cease to be visible
by mid-morning the fog that had enshrouded the island had just evaporated
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Recent Examples of evaporate
And after holding the Blue Demons to just the makes on their first 15 attempts from the field, the double-figure lead started to evaporate.
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Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 10 Jan. 2026
But in that moment, my 40 years of skiing experience evaporated, and the bulletproof snow and thick crowds transformed me into an anxious and clumsy mess.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside, 9 Jan. 2026
Those would all need to evaporate for oil companies to consider investing in Venezuela.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 6 Jan. 2026
Those opportunities to shine evaporated with the Ducks.
—Eric Stephens, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2026
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That small body swathed like a mummy, our blind flight over the treetops, the prospect of disappearing in the middle of the jungle without a trace—all this converged to focus a singular intensity on the moment.—
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Last month, at least 16 files on the Department of Justice’s webpage that contained files on Epstein were reportedly found to have disappeared from its website, according to The Associated Press.—
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At first glance, replacing tens or even hundreds of millions of vanishing federal Medicaid dollars each year is not an unsolvable problem in Connecticut.—
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Any early-season thoughts about the Blackhawks potentially struggling with attendance this season have vanished.—
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The California Association of Realtors also predicts that, as economic uncertainty fades and rates begin to decline more steadily, the housing market should improve throughout 2026.—
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As human activity and food waste returned, those differences appeared to fade in later generations.—
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With temperatures climbing above freezing and sunny skies melting half the structure, they were forced to start over entirely.—
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But the physical location of the island on the map — and the sea ice melting around its borders — is also of vital importance.—
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“Evaporate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evaporate. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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