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
The strike has exposed fault lines inside a company where senior executives long focused on returns, while Machinists saw their wages eaten up by inflation and their pension plan evaporate under a controversial 2014 contract.
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Julie Johnsson, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2024
However, this advantage evaporates when studios ignore or misinterpret what makes the original property special to its fans.
—Damion Taylor, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
By Emma Barker Bonomo October 30, 2024 7:18 AM EDT
To make a standard lithium-ion battery electrode—used in most electric car batteries—manufacturers coat it in a slurry then evaporate the liquid using high temperatures, leaving behind a chemical coating.
—Emma Barker Bonomo, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
Water evaporates from ground level and rises into the atmosphere, spreading across the world as vapour before cooling, condensing and returning to the Earth as rain or snow.
—Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 20 Oct. 2024
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Julie Johnsson, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2024
However, this advantage evaporates when studios ignore or misinterpret what makes the original property special to its fans.
—Damion Taylor, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
By Emma Barker Bonomo October 30, 2024 7:18 AM EDT
To make a standard lithium-ion battery electrode—used in most electric car batteries—manufacturers coat it in a slurry then evaporate the liquid using high temperatures, leaving behind a chemical coating.
—Emma Barker Bonomo, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
Water evaporates from ground level and rises into the atmosphere, spreading across the world as vapour before cooling, condensing and returning to the Earth as rain or snow.
—Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 20 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for evaporate
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When fall arrives, the Roberts family disappears into the woods.Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2024
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But when the Hubble Space Telescope turned its gaze toward Neptune’s dark eye in 1994, the spot had disappeared.Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
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The opportunity to understand what went wrong vanished when Onyxx was cremated.Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 11 Nov. 2024
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The victim vanished on March 31, 2023 after dropping off her and Fravel’s two children at daycare in Winona.David K. Li, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
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That paycheck or applause fades into the background as soon as a bigger challenge arises.Akin Akinpelu, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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The color also faded a little after rubbing the sheets with sandpaper.Kathleen Felton, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Nov. 2024
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Earlier this year hearts melted as an owner shared how her rescue cat will only eat when her owner holds up the food bowl.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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The moment that Pickford craves is when the two realms collide—the archive and the artifact—and the years in between suddenly melt away.Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Evaporate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evaporate. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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