dissipate
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The price effect may dissipate soon, in which case higher rates will start to bite only after inflation has already begun coming down.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
Reynolds’ impostor syndrome didn’t dissipate once she got to set, particularly as Episode 2 pits Alice against Rebecca.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 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
At the same time, most thought that the Fed could keep interest rates where they are, or eventually lower them, if inflation pressures dissipate relatively soon, according to minutes of the meeting released Wednesday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
No sooner had she spoken the words than the darkness began to dissipate.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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How, with one big win, the factional tension dissipates from the map.
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026
Holmes remarks that she hadn’t thought about it until now, and the tension lifts as her frustration dissipates.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026
Additionally, Goldman Sachs predicts that central bank demand will remain a fundamental pillar of support, averaging about 60 metric tons monthly, once price volatility dissipates.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 2, 2026
They forecast silver dropping to about $42 an ounce by the end of next year as exuberance over gold dissipates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 27, 2025
She runs a hand along the iron cauldron and most of the rainwater within it turns to steam, rising in a soft cloud that dissipates into the fog.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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So maybe the sting has not dissipated, not after the Brewers so rudely swept the Dodgers in the National League Championship Series.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
If their stop in Thailand does the trick, any frustration they may feel over their unexpectedly long and tough mission may have dissipated by the time they get home.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
"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 next few releases would see his music becoming clearer sonically, as if that smoke ring had dissipated, as well as funnier and more self-referential.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
The anxieties about the situation in France that had been absorbing the country had for the moment dissipated in the afternoon’s sunshine.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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“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
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 mist was dissipating quickly, allowing the sun—in streaks and dazzling, abrupt splashes—to shine through.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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