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as in to disappear
to cease to be visible
as the mist dissolved in the morning sun
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as in to disband
to cease to exist or cause to cease to exist as a group or organization
the company formally dissolved three months after declaring bankruptcy
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as in to abolish
to put an end to by formal action
the king simply dissolved parliament
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as in to dissipate
to go off in different directions and cease to exist as a body or unified whole
the clouds gradually dissolved, and the sun came out
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Recent Examples of dissolve
The rest were shot, imprisoned, or otherwise dissolved in the gut of Stalin’s new empire.
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Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
Last month, the Post reported that, according to six people familiar with its plans, the administration is preparing to dissolve the leadership of the Postal Service and absorb the independent agency into the Commerce Department.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2025
But in the Oval Office meeting the conversation soon dissolved into an unexpected and headline-making confrontation.
—Edward Segal, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
In the weeks leading up to McMahon's confirmation, the White House considered issuing an executive order directing the education secretary to downsize the agency as much as legally possible while urging Congress to dissolve it entirely.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
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Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
Last month, the Post reported that, according to six people familiar with its plans, the administration is preparing to dissolve the leadership of the Postal Service and absorb the independent agency into the Commerce Department.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2025
But in the Oval Office meeting the conversation soon dissolved into an unexpected and headline-making confrontation.
—Edward Segal, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
In the weeks leading up to McMahon's confirmation, the White House considered issuing an executive order directing the education secretary to downsize the agency as much as legally possible while urging Congress to dissolve it entirely.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissolve
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There are still matches when Isak is on the fringes — Bournemouth, Fulham and West Ham in 2025 — and when his hold-up play disappears, leaving Newcastle toothless up top.—
Chris Waugh,
The Athletic,
14 Mar. 2025
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Two years later, without explanation, the vocalist and guitarist had not only disappeared from the collective, but seemingly retired the project of Ghost Mountain altogether.—
Meaghan Garvey,
Pitchfork,
13 Mar. 2025
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After taking office, President Trump was quick to disband a long COVID advisory committee that took months to stand-up.—
Will Stone,
NPR,
12 Mar. 2025
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The Context President Donald Trump and billionaire SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency have laid off tens of thousands of federal workers and disbanded a number of federal agencies since Trump took office as part of an effort to dramatically shrink the size of the government.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
7 Mar. 2025
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Yet even as years’ worth of political backlash has drowned out calls to defund or abolish forces, perceptions of police shaped by tragedies like George Floyd and Uvalde aren’t so easily forgotten.—
Judy Berman,
TIME,
12 Mar. 2025
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But the administration's efforts to abolish federal agencies authorized by Congress are likely to meet the same fate as their attempts to stiff USAID contractors.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
11 Mar. 2025
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Note that Apple provided us with the 15-inch version of the Air to test and that the 13-inch version may throttle a bit more aggressively, depending on how well its heatsink dissipates heat.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
11 Mar. 2025
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The rush to judgment did not dissipate with Worthy’s release.—
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
10 Mar. 2025
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The issue has also spilled over into Thailand, after a high-profile case involving 22-year-old Chinese actor Wang Xing, who vanished in Tak Province, near the Myanmar border.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
7 Mar. 2025
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Authorities planned to pull several vehicles from the Columbia River on Thursday, including a car believed to have belonged to a Portland couple who vanished in 1958 while out for a drive with their three daughters, including two whose bodies washed up at a dam the following year.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
6 Mar. 2025
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Targets: cities, counties The governor says his copycat state-level DOGE will audit cities and counties, colleges and universities, repeal 70 as-yet unspecified state boards, fire hundreds of state employees.—
Orlando Sentinel,
Orlando Sentinel,
8 Mar. 2025
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Project 2025 calls for downsizing more monuments and repealing the Antiquities Act.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2025
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Zoom in: The Biden EPA had fully obligated and begun dispersing that money, which officials believed protected it from outright Republican repeal efforts via reconciliation.—
Nick Sobczyk,
Axios,
12 Mar. 2025
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This inflationary period, begun by the Big Bang, continued, and the universe dispersed and cooled.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
12 Mar. 2025
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The possible explanatory layers overwhelm, and so there’s an honesty to how the series opts to focus on the devastation instead, fading out on the image of the Miller family torn apart and Eddie breaking down on Jamie’s bed.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 2025
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Now, Trump's personal and fading legal troubles—combined with his brash policies concerning issues like immigration, executive power, and corporate regulations—are once again driving people to law school.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
18 Mar. 2025
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“Dissolve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissolve. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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