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[van-ish] / ˈvæn ɪʃ /


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This is a major departure from the historic standard of net realized gains — thus, permitting managers to pocket performance fees on temporary highs that may vanish the next year.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

The equivalence principle says that gravity should effectively vanish locally for an observer in free fall.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026

A floating 'island' in a reservoir in British Columbia has turned up about 20 miles from where it was last spotted, after seeming to vanish in July.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

A review of recent travel studies found that the psychological benefits of a vacation, like improved mood and sleep, don’t vanish the moment you’re back at your desk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

I’d vanish right here, never to be seen again.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

Roll the account into an IRA and the exception vanishes permanently.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026

If a black hole never fully vanishes, the next question is obvious: what happens to the information it contains?

From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026

Right now, when you play Gkolomeev’s “world-record” video on YouTube, a medical-risk warning appears for barely five seconds — then vanishes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026

That doubt usually vanishes once it becomes a “he said, they said” case.

From Slate ● Apr. 22, 2026

Then she ambles to her sleeping corner and vanishes behind the curtain.

From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone

"Communal areas just seem to have vanished," he added.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

"Civilisations have vanished because of water shortages," he warned.

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026

But the Rams’ 16-0 halftime lead literally vanished into thin air.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

A funding gap meant a company still needed investors to keep supplying fresh cash until it became self-sustaining—and that the chance to raise new money had already vanished.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

He marveled at his own glowing hands before the threads of gold vanished.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

The demolition has begun at Bengaluru's Urvashi Cinema, once a 1,200-seat movie palace where generations of filmgoers cheered and whistled, another casualty of India's vanishing single-screen era.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

In honor of Slate’s 30th anniversary, Luke waded into the comments section and discovered tales of love, loss, and a vanishing form of online community.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

Meanwhile, ice vanishing due to climate warming is steadily destabilizing mountainous regions like the Himalayas, scientists say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

"We hope that by putting this extraordinary bird into millions of pockets and purses, we can spark a nationwide conversation about a species at real risk of vanishing from Britain forever."

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

I traced the white road winding round the base of one mountain, and vanishing in a gorge between two; how I longed to follow it farther!

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë


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