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dissipate

[dis-uh-payt] / ˈdɪs əˌpeɪt /




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“The pattern keeps repeating—initial enthusiasm when negotiations appear promising, only for that optimism to dissipate just as quickly,” analysts at ING said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

Whether Microsoft’s report will cause “bear concerns” to dissipate is still up for debate.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026

Bertha is forecast to weaken back to a tropical depression on Thursday and may dissipate by the end of the week as it nears the Texas coast.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

"It will take time for production to ramp back up, for logistics to normalise, and for the risk premium embedded in crude prices to dissipate," he said.

From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026

Whether the story was true or not, suspicion and dislike settled upon the family, and thirty years had failed to dissipate it.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt

Soccer’s governing body takes the heat, making a bet that once games begin and international mania takes over, the fury dissipates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026

Additionally, Goldman Sachs predicts that central bank demand will remain a fundamental pillar of support, averaging about 60 metric tons monthly, once price volatility dissipates.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 2, 2026

Boron arsenide has the potential to revolutionize electronics and semiconductor technology by providing a material that both dissipates heat effectively and performs as a high-quality semiconductor.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2025

During the seven-minute walk to the restaurant, the fog dissipates.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2025

I need power to move or I'll be stranded until the storm passes or dissipates.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

"The spirit of Anchorage has dissipated," said Russian political analyst Fyodor Lukyanov -- close to the ruling elite -- in August.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

If there was any bad blood between Paxton and Middleton over these clashes, it seems to have dissipated in the years since.

From Salon ● May 23, 2026

Troops are now readying for the challenges that the scorching summer might bring, but any worries over their families without heat and light in civilian cities have dissipated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026

For three weeks, McFarland and Brune followed short-lived storms that dissipated quickly, leaving them without useful data.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 21, 2026

Delicious as the day turned out to be for Milkman, it was even more so because it included secrecy and defiance, both of which dissipated within an hour of his father’s return.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison

Most of this low comedy is witless and irrelevant, dissipating the tension.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

While the colder climate of space holds appeal for some backers of the galactic data-center vision, “there’s no airflow,” Huang noted, which could present challenges when it comes to dissipating heat.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 25, 2026

"The gas behaves like a perfect conductor; even though countless collisions occur between the atoms, quantities like mass and energy flow freely, without dissipating into the system."

From Science Daily ● Jan. 7, 2026

Winds are expected to continue dissipating this week, but it’s shaping up to be a short reprieve for the region.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2025

The smokestack and the ominous black curl emerging from it, dissipating against the bright blue sky, reminded her of something.

From "The Devil's Arithmetic" by Jane Yolen




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