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as in to disappear
to cease to be visible
as the mist dissolved in the morning sun
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as in to disband
to cease to exist or cause to cease to exist as a group or organization
the company formally dissolved three months after declaring bankruptcy
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as in to abolish
to put an end to by formal action
the king simply dissolved parliament
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as in to dissipate
to go off in different directions and cease to exist as a body or unified whole
the clouds gradually dissolved, and the sun came out
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Recent Examples of dissolve
News of the decision to dissolve the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, which at one point had 20,000 members across South America and parts of the United States, was confirmed in a statement by the group, although the Vatican has yet to comment or publish anything official about the move.
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Christopher Lamb, CNN, 21 Jan. 2025
The other side: The lead organizing group behind the Women's March on Colorado, dissolved last June because of a lack of donations to keep the volunteer effort operating.
—John Frank, Axios, 21 Jan. 2025
His ideas were pretty extreme: that institutions at the heart of American intellectual life, like the mainstream media and academia, have been overrun by progressive groupthink and need to be dissolved.
—David Marchese, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
The Doors — which was once made of four members — continued as three, creating two more albums before dissolving in 1973, per The Doors website.
—Makena Gera, People.com, 12 Jan. 2025
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Christopher Lamb, CNN, 21 Jan. 2025
The other side: The lead organizing group behind the Women's March on Colorado, dissolved last June because of a lack of donations to keep the volunteer effort operating.
—John Frank, Axios, 21 Jan. 2025
His ideas were pretty extreme: that institutions at the heart of American intellectual life, like the mainstream media and academia, have been overrun by progressive groupthink and need to be dissolved.
—David Marchese, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
The Doors — which was once made of four members — continued as three, creating two more albums before dissolving in 1973, per The Doors website.
—Makena Gera, People.com, 12 Jan. 2025
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Many residents in fire-prone areas are seeing their insurance policies skyrocket — or worse, disappear altogether.—
Jim Desmond,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Jan. 2025
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Mild cases of altitude sickness may disappear on their own within one to three days as your body acclimates to the new elevation.—
Cristina Mutchler,
Verywell Health,
24 Jan. 2025
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After the Discovery acquisition was completed a year ago, that unit was disbanded and Ascheim exited the company.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
21 Jan. 2025
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Last year, the net zero alliance for insurers disbanded after losing about half its members, and Climate Action 100+, a group for investors, has suffered departures of prominent members.—
Eshe Nelson,
New York Times,
20 Jan. 2025
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About a quarter century after slavery was abolished in Puerto Rico (1873), another Afro-Puerto Rican genre emerged known as the plena.—
Vanessa Diaz,
Rolling Stone,
20 Jan. 2025
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Trump said in December that the debt ceiling should be abolished, a position shared by some liberal lawmakers.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
16 Jan. 2025
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Specifically, the rapid drops of reproductive hormones such as estrogen and progesterone impact the thermoregulatory centers of the brain - causing the body to attempt to dissipate the sudden heat through perspiration and heat influxes.—
Daryl Austin,
USA TODAY,
24 Jan. 2025
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Further, Samsung increased the size of the vapor chamber in the phones to help dissipate heat better, which should help with sustained performance.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
23 Jan. 2025
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But the group that once asserted control over territory roughly equivalent to the size of Virginia would not simply vanish.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
19 Jan. 2025
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Abbott plays Blake, a San Francisco man who inherits a rural Oregon farmhouse after his dad vanishes.—
Benjamin VanHoose,
People.com,
18 Jan. 2025
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Among Monday’s moves, Trump rescinded one of the defining moments from the early days of President Joe Biden’s term: repealing the ban on open trans military service (a policy that Trump initially unveiled during a July 2017 tweetstorm).—
Nico Lang,
Them,
21 Jan. 2025
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Some of the orders targeted asylum seekers crossing the southern border while others repealed birthright citizenship to children born to undocumented immigrants on U.S. soil.—
Kate Linderman,
Miami Herald,
21 Jan. 2025
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Now, however, with the moa extinct, the fungi are likely not being dispersed as widely or as often.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
22 Jan. 2025
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That, too, is on the chopping block, with Trump freezing the remaining funds from being dispersed in a separate executive order.—
Emily Forlini,
PCMAG,
21 Jan. 2025
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Sunlight had begun to fade, casting a shadow on the space.—
Colleen Shalby,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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Naturally derived essential oils are difficult to stabilize and can fade or change over time, giving your perfume a shorter shelf life from the first spray to the last.—
Sable Yong,
Allure,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Dissolve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissolve. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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