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evaporate

[ih-vap-uh-reyt] / ɪˈvæp əˌreɪt /


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Bonta previously has said his preference would be structural remedies — divesting key business units — rather than “behavioral” compromises that could evaporate soon after the merger closed.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

They move air across the skin, which can help sweat evaporate and make people feel cooler.

From Science Daily Jul. 29, 2026

Richard Windsor, an independent analyst at Radio Free Mobile, said Alphabet’s earnings-per-share figure hinged largely on the “illusory security of a series of unrealized investment returns that will evaporate at the first hint of trouble.”

From MarketWatch Jul. 26, 2026

These two-in-one shorts layer a lightweight shell over a liner that’s constructed from cloud-shaped fibers which boost the surface area sweat can evaporate from.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

I am hoping the whole situation will evaporate if we postpone it long enough, and I think she is too.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

When rain falls in the summer months, high daytime temperatures can mean that the water quickly evaporates away from the soil.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

It then rains, but the rain evaporates before it reaches the ground.

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

The graphite cubes in the cap soak up water and spread it across a larger surface area than your forehead so it evaporates faster, making you feel cooler, according to research.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

That is the real prize, and it evaporates the instant one man tries to seize it all.

From Slate Jun. 11, 2026

Some of it evaporates into the air, where it creates acid rain.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

According to Judge Ferrero, Byrd and Roberts initially had a right to defend themselves, but that right evaporated once their attacker began retreating—while he still held his shotgun—and they moved toward him.

From Slate Aug. 11, 2026

Their findings suggest that the material came from a region near the surface of its parent asteroid, where liquid water evaporated and left behind increasingly concentrated salts.

From Science Daily Aug. 8, 2026

During hot weather our body controls our internal temperature by sweating and as the sweat is evaporated from our skin, it cools the air directly next to us, making us feel cooler.

From BBC Jun. 24, 2026

That said, net profit practically evaporated, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 11, 2026

The feeling he had had toward her, that had made him check his reflection in the rearview mirror as they drove, evaporated a little.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri

Dry land encourages higher temperatures because less of the Sun's energy is used in evaporating moisture, leaving more available to heat the ground and the air.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

"We can apply these generalized laws to better understand evaporating black holes in quantum theory and black hole mergers, like those detected by the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA collaboration using gravitational waves."

From Science Daily Jul. 13, 2026

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

From Barron's May 5, 2026

“The argument for having lower rates is just evaporating right before our very eyes,” said Brian Bethune, an economist at Boston College, in an interview with MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch Feb. 28, 2026

I could feel the likelihood of ever getting a trophy in the Big Creek display case evaporating.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam




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