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disappeared

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verb

past tense of disappear

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of disappeared
Verb
Now that raw capability is no longer scarce, the excuse for hiding behind these proxies has quietly disappeared. — Vikas Verma, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026 The show centers on Michael Sleep (Pearce Quigley), who has been living like something of a hermit since his girlfriend Clea disappeared without a trace seven years ago. — Andrew Webster, The Verge, 6 Oct. 2026 The plane disappeared from radar and was later found to have crashed close to a naval base in the riverside town of Igbokoda in Ondo state, officials said. — ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026 Almost every ceremonial object or ornament of the medieval papal monarchy has disappeared or lost its original purpose. — Joëlle Rollo-Koster, The Conversation, 5 Oct. 2026 Late in the third quarter of an already rough afternoon, Missouri running back Jamal Roberts, filling in for All-American Ahmad Hardy, disappeared on his 18th carry of the day. — Noah White, Miami Herald, 4 Oct. 2026 Meanwhile, earlier this week, Reuters reported that ShinyHunters' dark web site had disappeared. — Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 4 Oct. 2026 Days later, Australian democracy campaigner Tran Hiep, who was in Cambodia to meet with other activists of Vietnamese origin, similarly disappeared. — Shibani Mahtani, NPR, 2 Oct. 2026 The message emerged nearly eight months after Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of Today co-host Savannah Guthrie, disappeared from her home outside of Tucson. — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 30 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disappeared
Adjective
  • Absorption methods have shown the ability to remove dissolved dyes without transforming them into potentially harmful off-products.
    — Jennifer Bringle, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The company is developing a specialized fiber that captures dissolved uranium as seawater flows across its surface.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • While most of the deals vanished at midnight, a few are still good, including price cuts on the latest MacBooks, killer productivity PCs, and more.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 8 Oct. 2026
  • However, in the 7th century, this all vanished; the temples were abandoned and later looted, and Kea never again revived its trade or harbor settlements.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The ultimate ambition is to scour records and surface new stories about people whose lives have faded away over the centuries.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Countless lonely young ones over the years have heard themselves in Team Dresch’s music, which is why their music has never faded away.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2026

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“Disappeared.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disappeared. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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