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adjective

as in vanished

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verb

past tense of disappear
as in faded
to cease to be visible the stranger disappeared into the mists, never to be seen again

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Recent Examples of disappeared
Verb
But the star center disappeared Sunday while battling an emotional return to Utah. — Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026 What struck her was how quickly the usual adult social script disappeared. — Chloe Frost-Smith, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2026 The good vibes of the 2026 Chiefs season disappeared Sunday night as the Seahawks dealt Kansas City a historic loss in Seattle. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 27 Oct. 2026 Birchfield disappeared in early February 2022 after he was last seen in Elizabethton, Tennessee. — Adam Sabes , Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026 Musk, Alex Gibney’s four-hour documentary about the titular mogul and his growing power, is coming to VOD earlier than expected — but hardly being disappeared from the landscape. — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 26 Oct. 2026 Antonelli scored pole on Saturday and disappeared into the distance on Sunday to win comfortably, extending his lead. — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 26 Oct. 2026 Lin was subsequently disappeared from the film, all sources concurred, and Belgrad stepped in as the primary Netflix exec overseeing the project (until, of course, he was laid off last week). — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 20 Oct. 2026 Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, disappeared in their Lockheed Electra 10-E while on a journey around the world. — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disappeared
  1. dissolved
  2. vanished
  3. faded
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
Definition of dissolved
Verb
  • On May 7th, a mere eight days after the Supreme Court decision, the lone Tennessee district with a Democratic representative vanished from the map.
    — Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026
  • George Gascón has all but vanished from public life since losing his reelection bid in 2024.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of vanished
Verb
  • The process recalls versioning in dub, where an existing recording is stripped down and reconstructed, its individual elements isolated, amplified or faded out entirely.
    — Tara Anne Dalbow, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Most movie theaters disappeared decades ago and the culture of cinemagoing has faded from the lives of the younger generations.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of faded

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