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as in vanishing
to cease to be visible
as the mist dissolved in the morning sun
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as in disbanding
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 abolishing
to put an end to by formal action
the king simply dissolved parliament
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as in dissipating
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 dissolving
Advanced recycling, which is also called chemical recycling, is an umbrella term that typically involves heating or dissolving plastic waste to create fuel, chemicals and waxes — a fraction of which can be used to remake plastic.
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Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2024
Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2024
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Stein has called for abolishing student and medical debt.Margie Cullen, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2024
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Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz endorses abolishing the Electoral College.Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2024
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After four close losses in five weeks, options for USC, magical or otherwise, are disappearing fast.Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2024
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Manufacturing jobs are still disappearing in the Rust Belt, including in battleground states like Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin.Alex Fitzpatrick, Axios, 17 Oct. 2024
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That includes not just dispersing the cast, but shocking the audience with twists that seem outside the series’ purview, like when trader Rishi’s (Sagar Radia) loan shark suddenly shoots his wife in the head, instantly killing her.Alison Herman, Variety, 30 Sep. 2024
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Both are refillable and have an airless pump so it can be applied at any angle while dispersing the perfect amount of product.Celia Shatzman, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
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All these offices could be scaled back without canceling routes.Marc Joffe, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
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Saks Fifth Avenue is canceling its annual flagship-store holiday light show.Melvin Backman, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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Broken glass is dangerous and should be disposed of properly, ideally by scattering it across the nearest bike lane.Mark Remy, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
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The ideas included scattering soot into the atmosphere over a hurricane to change air temperatures and reduce its power, spreading special film on the ocean so that cyclones encounter less moisture to use as fuel, and flying jet aircraft in the eye of a rolling storm to reverse its motion.Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 12 Oct. 2024
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Pull Straight Out with Steady Pressure Pull the tick out with a slow, steady motion and avoiding twisting or jerking so that the tick’s mouthparts don’t break off and remain in the skin.Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2024
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Topline Spirit Airlines’ stock swelled by 60% on Monday, on track for the low-cost airline’s best day since going public, after the carrier announced an extension to refinance its debt while temporarily avoiding the threat of bankruptcy.Ty Roush, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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“Dissolving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissolving. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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