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evaporate

[ih-vap-uh-rayt] / ɪˈvæp əˌreɪt /


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The fund said confidence in the technology could also evaporate if sophisticated AI programs run amok or are used in devastating cyberattacks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

A third Toyota driver, Sami Pajari, finished a further one point behind in third - having seen his own title challenge evaporate on the final weekend.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Scented cleaners release terpenes when fragrance compounds evaporate from sprayed droplets or cleaned surfaces.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

Memecoins have no intrinsic value, and often see their market value evaporate within days or hours after launch.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

Hmm, maybe I should conduct an experiment on whether or not sunscreen makes our sweat evaporate slower.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

Dry heat browns, evaporates and concentrates while you go do something else.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

There is no especially good reason for this, and it pretty much evaporates for the remainder of the eight-episode series.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

As sweat evaporates from the skin, it carries heat away.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026

Heat domes can cause "dry thunderstorms," in which rain evaporates before hitting the ground and lightning strikes are liable to trigger wildfires, as much of the western United States is already experiencing drought conditions.

From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026

Velvet and licorice caressing every sense; it melts into a liquid you plunge through; it evaporates into air that you breathe.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

As the crystal's uppermost layers slowly evaporated, they carried away unwanted contaminants, leaving behind a remarkably clean surface.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

The skepticism I had heard at the beginning of the afternoon had evaporated.

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026

That premium by new issues has since evaporated; as of Tuesday morning, shares in U.S. companies that went public so far this year are up less than 1% on average from their IPO prices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

"There was so much clamour around him - then it just evaporated," he recalls.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

But the bravado had evaporated from Whitby’s voice.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

Teenage work has been evaporating across the nation since the 1980s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

This is because no energy is lost in evaporating any soil moisture so it goes directly into heating the air.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

"Not only have we been able to clear the view, but we can finally pin down what the clouds are made out of and how they're condensing and evaporating as they move around the planet."

From Science Daily ● May 27, 2026

Pfizer faces a looming patent cliff and evaporating demand for its Covid drugs.

From Barron's ● May 5, 2026

“Ask him about the salt, Ophie,” Colin said once more, before evaporating into nothing.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland


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