dissipate
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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
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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
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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
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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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