evaporate
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However, liquid systems often require toxic solvents and may evaporate over time, limiting their practicality.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 26, 2026
If the air is more humid, the sweat from our skin cannot evaporate and cool us down as effectively as it would do if the air was dry.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
They could cut back on orders later in the year once their worries about supply shortages evaporate.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026
The magic was supposed to evaporate when the Bulls’ championship squads did.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
Peach looked so milky white, I thought he might evaporate.
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
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
Yet if a black hole evaporates completely, all information about the matter that fell into it appears to vanish as well.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026
This separation is a phase change that consumes energy, inducing a cooling effect, like when steam evaporates off a cup of hot water.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
That is the real prize, and it evaporates the instant one man tries to seize it all.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
The still operates on the principle of distillation: sea water lying beneath the sealed cone on the black canvas is heated by the sun and evaporates, gathering on the inside surface of the cone.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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By simply changing the number of bubbles in each droplet, the team found they could dramatically alter the pattern left behind as the liquid evaporated.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
While Platner—whose lead in the race had evaporated after a previous wave of stories about his relationship history—has not yet relented, he has suggested that he’s reassessing his run.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
The solidarity that many Latin American nations showed Cuba over the years has largely evaporated.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
But in a flurry of blocked shots, steals and Victor Wembanyama buckets, that lead evaporated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
After an hour of collecting evaporated water, it wasn’t half-full.
From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin
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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
"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
The nightmare scenario is playing out in Los Angeles, where a century-old entertainment economy is evaporating with no signs of a turnaround on the horizon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 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.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 28, 2026
Now that she sees all that progress evaporating, the seventh-grade president is afraid she’ll never have a chance to be eighth-grade president.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
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