into thin air
idiom
: in a very sudden and mysterious way
My keys seem to have vanished/disappeared into thin air.
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Every day, thousands of conversations between businesses and their customers unfold, each containing valuable insights that traditionally vanished into thin air.
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Todd Fisher, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Our Constitutional guarantees of freedom of speech — which vanish into thin air when negated by Gestapo-like tactics by our own government.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2025
Atlas transparently cuts from one dancer to the next, which makes each one seemingly disappear into thin air.
—Beatrice Loayza, ARTnews.com, 6 Feb. 2025
There is a great shot in this of a guy sort of doing an Elvis-ish, Risky Business–ish dance move and then disappearing into thin air.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2025
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Todd Fisher, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Our Constitutional guarantees of freedom of speech — which vanish into thin air when negated by Gestapo-like tactics by our own government.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2025
Atlas transparently cuts from one dancer to the next, which makes each one seemingly disappear into thin air.
—Beatrice Loayza, ARTnews.com, 6 Feb. 2025
There is a great shot in this of a guy sort of doing an Elvis-ish, Risky Business–ish dance move and then disappearing into thin air.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Into thin air.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/into%20thin%20air. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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