as in to disappear
to cease to be visible
the house vanished into the fog as we drove away
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Recent Examples of vanish
The museum made unwanted headlines in 2023 when it was brought to light that some 1,500 objects— including gold jewelry, semiprecious stones, and glass pieces dating as far back as the fifteenth century BCE—had vanished from its collection over a span of years.
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News Desk, Artforum, 6 Jan. 2026
The theory/criticism that Mahomes was a system quarterback vanished in those three games.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 6 Jan. 2026
Advertisement Venezuela is a country of 28 million people, riven by armed militias, criminal organizations, and Chavista loyalists who haven’t simply vanished because Maduro was helicoptered to New York.
—Bobby Ghosh, Time, 6 Jan. 2026
On April 6, 1980, Laura Pippin Danka, a 26-year-old mother of two, vanished from a parking lot in Corpus Christi, Texas.
—Veronica Fulton, NBC news, 5 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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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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“Vanish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vanish. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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