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dissipate

[dis-uh-peyt] / ˈdɪs əˌpeɪt /




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The price effect may dissipate soon, in which case higher rates will start to bite only after inflation has already begun coming down.

From MarketWatch Aug. 31, 2026

At the same time, most thought that the Fed could keep interest rates where they are, or eventually lower them, if inflation pressures dissipate relatively soon, according to minutes of the meeting released Wednesday.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

When Morocco's energy started to dissipate, it became a contest.

From BBC Jun. 20, 2026

And he predicted that effect to dissipate in the second quarter, leading eurozone GDP excluding Ireland to stagnate in the spring.

From Barron's Jun. 5, 2026

If Clare refused to enter the realms willingly, would he slowly dissipate into nothing?

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

VIX futures can lose dramatically if VIX is declining and their time value premium dissipates.

From MarketWatch Jul. 23, 2026

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

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

Perhaps this is just a temporary cloud, like the coastal fog that dissipates as summer rolls on?

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2025

Then the road hits a plateau and the fog dissipates.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

If their stop in Thailand does the trick, any frustration they may feel over their unexpectedly long and tough mission may have dissipated by the time they get home.

From BBC Sep. 3, 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

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

From Science Daily Apr. 21, 2026

In recent days, those threats have dissipated, at least for now.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 12, 2026

Some of the sadness that had hung over her like a dark cloud for the past few days dissipated.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland

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

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

“You can kind of feel people’s anxiety dissipating throughout the day,” Kai says, “so that by the time it’s dinner, everyone’s super comfortable with each other.”

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 2, 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

Conor looked wide-eyed from the monster to his backyard, which was reemerging from the dissipating mist.

From "A Monster Calls" by Patrick Ness




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