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verb

Definition of fade (away)next
as in to melt (away)

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noun

as in evaporation

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Recent Examples of fade (away)
Noun
The Knicks then turned the Spurs over, with Brunson hitting a fadeaway jumper to go up six. — John Cassillo, Forbes.com, 4 June 2026 Officials assessed McCollum a technical foul for inadvertently kicking Brunson below the belt while flailing his leg on a fadeaway jump shot in the Knicks’ Game 1 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday. — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2026 Brown followed with a midrange fadeaway over Kon Knueppel and a full-speed buzzer-beating floater in traffic to cap a 10-0 run and put Boston up 90-87 entering the fourth. — Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 8 Apr. 2026 Instead, the Lakers superstar pulled up straight over the top of Bryant’s outstretched arm, dropping a fadeaway jumper softly through the net. — Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for fade (away)
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fade (away)
  1. vanish
  2. evaporation
  3. evaporate
  4. passing
  5. fall away
  6. melting
  7. give out
  8. fading
Verb
  • Enamel is created while teeth are still developing under the gums, and the cells that produce it, known as ameloblasts, break down and vanish once a tooth erupts.
    — Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Stocks of Wi-Fi routers, insulin pumps, pacemakers, and credit-card readers, along with cars and dishwashers, would dwindle and perhaps vanish.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of vanish
Noun
  • Dry eye disease is tied to excessive tear evaporation or inflammation on the eye’s surface.
    — Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Ask whether your symptoms point to tear evaporation, the mechanism Miebo targets, per the Flow Space report on Andrews’s diagnosis, or to the inflammation that led Bowen’s doctor to prescribe Xiidra.
    — Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of evaporation
Verb
  • This is made possible by the system’s zero-liquid-discharge technology, which evaporates the brine into solid salt and reduces the need to handle liquid waste.
    — Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Less oil, and lower-quality oil, means tears evaporate too quickly.
    — Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of evaporate
Noun
  • Mahomes has 1,309 passing yards, nine touchdowns, and three interceptions for the season.
    — David Troy OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
  • At halftime, Mayfield only had 49 passing yards, yet Tampa Bay already had 33 points.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of passing
Verb
  • Like so many bleeding-edge New York bars and restaurants, this phenomenon could always fall away as soon as it was beloved enough to be missed.
    — Dan Adler, Vanity Fair, 21 Oct. 2026
  • My belief is that Benedict literally thought that the historic falling away from the church during his papacy was a sign of the end times.
    — David Gibson, The Verge, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of fall away
Noun
  • The quicker melting changes the usual flow of water through valleys and into the lake, compounding the challenges.
    — Silvia Console Battilana, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Somehow, though, the melting down of that possibility made our own world seem smaller.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of melting
Verb
  • The male of the species remains alone with the eggs and fights off predators until his body gives out, at which point his flesh becomes the hatchlings’ first food.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Watch the clip of Offset’s trip to Walmart giving out flowers below.
    — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of give out
Noun
  • Each wash style, such as vintage fading or worn-in details, is digitally designed and dyed directly into flat pattern pieces before they’re cut and sewn.
    — Jennifer Bringle, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The researchers have reported no obvious fading or known side effects from his own tattoos after more than two years.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2026
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“Fade (away).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fade%20%28away%29. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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