EVANESCING Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

evanescing

verb

present participle of evanesce

as in disappearing

to cease to be visible the kids' rainy-day gloom evanesced the minute they heard that we were going out for ice cream

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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

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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

Definition of vanishing

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Fixed on a mobile rig that will at times careen and whoosh across the stage when not otherwise holding on Winter, Anderson’s camera catches the expressionism and chiaroscuro of stage lights illuminating and fading off the singer’s face.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 2 Oct. 2026
But hopes of winning the two states have been fading, and the GOP is increasingly focused on playing defense elsewhere with five weeks until the midterm elections.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of fading

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Bombers flying from South Dakota to targets in Iran would cost more in fuel and flying time than those taking off from England's Cotswolds region, which is 3,900 miles closer to Tehran.

— Steve Hendrix, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
Experts who study bats say that, although residents should practice caution, the odds of getting rabies from the flying creatures remain very low.

— Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

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