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dissipate

[dis-uh-peyt] / ˈdɪs əˌpeɪt /




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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

“The oil shock’s effect on prices may dissipate soon, in which case raising rates may only begin to bite after inflation has started coming back down,” Waller noted.

From MarketWatch May 23, 2026

But the feeling of being seen, of finding your people — even briefly — sticks with you long after the scents dissipate.

From Los Angeles Times May 19, 2026

But, as Frank and Hazel talked, the group’s rage seemed to dissipate.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

Those drivers will reassert themselves as geopolitical stress dissipates, they said.

From MarketWatch Jun. 15, 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

Sunday: As the storm dissipates, most areas are projected to get 0.1 inch or less.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 12, 2025

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

I return to my search, and hope this buzzy feeling dissipates.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

Wildlife experts and conservationists had previously observed that, in the wake of the storm, Tapanuli orangutan sightings had dissipated - fuelling speculation that the great apes may have been swept away by floods and landslides.

From BBC Jun. 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

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

From Science Daily Apr. 21, 2026

That view hasn’t fully dissipated, but it has become less certain.

From Barron's Apr. 8, 2026

Any disappointment I might have felt at not having a baby brother dissipated like powder in a running stream.

From "Amal Unbound" by Aisha Saeed

Power-sector demand will start the week lower with heat in the south dissipating and Texas even trending toward cooler than normal for mid-July, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 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

Annabeth and Grover stood on the beach, in shock, watching the water flood back around Ares’s feet, his glowing golden ichor dissipating in the tide.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan




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