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verb

past tense of evaporate

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Recent Examples of evaporated
Verb
Although the outcomes continued to go against them and their chances of making the playoffs evaporated long ago, their effort never waned. Vic Tafur, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024 The land dried up, and the Aral Sea—the great oasis of the Asian steppes—evaporated. Henry Duckworth, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024 The sheer amount of investment Russia made in Syria has now evaporated. Daniel Markind, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024 In 2024, Cuba has suffered island-wide rolling blackouts that lasted more than a week, hundreds of thousands of people emigrated from the island and the social safety net once provided by the government all but evaporated. Patrick Oppmann, CNN, 19 Dec. 2024 Once support from tech evaporated, no other groups were able to step in to fill that gaping hole. CBS News, 18 Dec. 2024 Advertisement All those plans evaporated relatively quickly. Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024 But the defensive pressure evaporated as the Spurs began to clamp down on their turnovers and heat up from long range. Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 6 Dec. 2024 Almost $6 trillion evaporated after the dot-com collapse in the early 2000s, and the global economic system crashed when the housing bubble burst in 2008. Byrne Hobart, Big Think, 10 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evaporated
Adjective
  • Here are a few alcohol-free recipes from influencers trying to reach the sober-curious: Start the party with The Mindful Mocktail's espresso martini but with sweet condensed milk, skim milk and a non-alcoholic vodka.
    Analis Bailey, Axios, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Read a condensed and edited version of the conversation below.
    Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The sun has disappeared beyond the middle-class condos of West Palm Beach and the western sky is painted tangerine.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
  • In May, a pair of Bayer fans attempting to view the sculpture from over a short brick wall on the backside of the property alerted Koko Bayer that the sculpture had disappeared.
    Andrew Travers, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • More importantly, all of these guys (along with the fab freshmen) are moving into the toughest part of the season: conference games against tougher opposition, in more hostile road venues, with more concentrated scouting.
    John Hollinger, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
  • These developments are, however, heavily concentrated in the home stretch of the season.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 7 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Some visions of moral progress look forward to a world in which the in-group/out-group distinction has vanished.
    Nikhil Krishnan, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Continue reading … MISSING IN ACTION – Congresswoman who quietly vanished from Capitol Hill has been living in a retirement facility.
    Fox News, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • There's a lot of American cheese melted on top, and a demure pile of raw onion.
    Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Dec. 2024
  • This, of course, is exactly what happened in Syria, where the regime’s supporters melted away.
    Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 22 Dec. 2024

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“Evaporated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evaporated. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.

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