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dissipate

[dis-uh-peyt] / ˈdɪs əˌpeɪt /




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A column of black smoke rose over the Miramar air station early Friday, according to images captured on Alert California cameras, but the fire appeared to dissipate quickly.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

Bertha is forecast to weaken back to a tropical depression on Thursday and may dissipate by the end of the week as it nears the Texas coast.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

In a fast-return scenario, flows could rebound rapidly and even briefly exceed pre-war levels if security concerns fully dissipate, though this outcome is considered unlikely, Matt Wright and Panagiotis Krontiras say.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 16, 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

Each detonation was followed by a brief atomic light show, and then the blast would dissipate harmlessly against the shield.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

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

If the emotion dissipates, so can the performance.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 5, 2025

I need power to move or I'll be stranded until the storm passes or dissipates.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

"The spirit of Anchorage has dissipated," said Russian political analyst Fyodor Lukyanov -- close to the ruling elite -- in August.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

His outrage dissipated when he considered gas was about a dollar cheaper here than in Columbus, the staff was friendly and the bathroom immaculate.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

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

Even that mysterious chill she’d been feeling since the ship launched had dissipated, at least for now.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

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

Services prices increased at a slightly slower pace following three straight months of faster rises, indicating some key price pressures in the currency area are dissipating.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 7, 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

The team created a model that showed how, instead of dissipating, it sloshed back and forth for nine days.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2024

Few lights burned; but from a half-dozen chimneys slow, almost phosphorescent pinon smoke emerged, dissipating in a flat way over the town, seeping into bushy cottonwood foliage.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols




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