disappearing

present participle of disappear

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of disappearing Worried about your package disappearing from your porch this holiday season? — Savannah Sicurella, AJC.com, 7 Oct. 2026 But Week 4 brought an especially jarring wave, with stars and indispensable starters disappearing from game after game, giving teams an early lesson in contingency planning. — Rick Maese, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2026 In January, he was told that there were some signs of improvement in his lungs and that the lesions in his brain — which were being treated by an outside radiation oncologist — were disappearing. — Trisha Thadani Kirsten Potter Tanya Pérez Devin Murphy, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026 Flight data shows the jet dropped at least 9,000 feet over two minutes, then leveled off for several more minutes, before disappearing. — Frank Langfitt, NPR, 3 Oct. 2026 Indian Motorcycle has roots stretching back more than a century, despite disappearing and being resurrected along the way. — New Atlas, 3 Oct. 2026 The smallest of these would have evaporated quickly, disappearing from the cosmos long ago. — Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026 Except in large telescopes, the satellites might be lost in the glare of the bright lunar crescent just prior to disappearing behind the moon, but their emergence from behind the Moon's dark side should be especially dramatic. — Joe Rao, Space.com, 2 Oct. 2026 Given the long-term nature of the relationship between general partners and limited partners, the goal is to avoid disappearing from an LP’s field of vision for three years and then suddenly reappearing with a capital request. — George Wells, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disappearing
Verb
  • Along with Max, Erica advocated for a charity stamp to benefit vanishing species and has been vocal about LGBTQ+ visibility at baseball games.
    — Madeleine Janz, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2026
  • If live sports are the only thing preventing the bundle from vanishing outright, a stable virtual MVPD market has gone a long way toward moderating the overall losses in the pay-TV space.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • New England beat Buffalo so the public isn't exactly fading the Patriots, but this still feels like a bit of a trap line to me.
    — Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Efforts are underway to rekindle this fading heritage before their skills are lost.
    — Kelly Kasulis Cho, Christian Science Monitor, 8 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The river also depends on melting snow to sustain it in the summer.
    — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
  • There are some little remnants, some ice blocks still lying around and melting there on the hot rocks.
    — Imogen Foulkes, NPR, 30 Sep. 2026

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“Disappearing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disappearing. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.

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