1
as in vanishing
to cease to be visible
as the mist dissolved in the morning sun
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2
as in disbanding
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 abolishing
to put an end to by formal action
the king simply dissolved parliament
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as in dissipating
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 dissolving
The objections that stopped earlier attempts are now dissolving.
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Sandy Peng, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The study suggests that lying on the right side was the most effective at dissolving pills.
—Alyssa Hui-Anderson, Verywell Health, 8 Sep. 2025
Swift’s zigs and zags were well timed for cultural and technological shifts that were dissolving the very meaning of pop.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025
The two movies do share a portrait of capitalism in extremis, in which the race to hold onto increasingly smaller pieces of a rapidly dissolving pie feeds more surreal transgressions.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2025
The engineers at Santa Cruz have also been getting non-shipping requests for items such as dissolving planters to start gardens.
—Jia H. Jung, Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2025
Today, Warren-Thomas operates Nature Made Me, a full-service herbal apothecary and tea house in Kansas City, offering teas, tinctures (a medicine made by dissolving a drug in alcohol), consultations and community education.
—Kansas City Star, 23 Aug. 2025
This was followed by the abstract stage, where participants began to feel that their bodies were dissolving entirely.
—Christopher Timmermann, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
Integra plans to resume operations again using the heap leach method, where valuable metals are extracted by dissolving heaps of ore in a chemical solution for weeks or months, according to Science Direct.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 19 Aug. 2025
Sandy Peng, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The study suggests that lying on the right side was the most effective at dissolving pills.
—Alyssa Hui-Anderson, Verywell Health, 8 Sep. 2025
Swift’s zigs and zags were well timed for cultural and technological shifts that were dissolving the very meaning of pop.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025
The two movies do share a portrait of capitalism in extremis, in which the race to hold onto increasingly smaller pieces of a rapidly dissolving pie feeds more surreal transgressions.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2025
The engineers at Santa Cruz have also been getting non-shipping requests for items such as dissolving planters to start gardens.
—Jia H. Jung, Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2025
Today, Warren-Thomas operates Nature Made Me, a full-service herbal apothecary and tea house in Kansas City, offering teas, tinctures (a medicine made by dissolving a drug in alcohol), consultations and community education.
—Kansas City Star, 23 Aug. 2025
This was followed by the abstract stage, where participants began to feel that their bodies were dissolving entirely.
—Christopher Timmermann, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
Integra plans to resume operations again using the heap leach method, where valuable metals are extracted by dissolving heaps of ore in a chemical solution for weeks or months, according to Science Direct.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissolving
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Revered and feared in equal measure, the Barbary lion was immortalized in North African folklore as a symbol of power, majesty, and a rapidly vanishing wilderness.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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What follows is a crusade of detours, espionage and a paranoid struggle to preserve a vanishing world — and the only home he’s ever known.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
31 Aug. 2025
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Companies that committed to DEI efforts and made public statements are now pulling back from those policies, editing their websites, disbanding employee resource groups, and quietly abandoning inclusive hiring goals.—
C200,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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The Turtles would release two more albums — 1968’s The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands and 1969’s Turtle Soup — before disbanding in 1970.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
5 Sep. 2025
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Whereas opposition parties favored cutting or abolishing it, the ruling coalition of the LDP and Komeito—concerned that such a move would spook financial markets—instead offered one-time cash payments of roughly $140 per person to defray the cost of living.—
Mireya Solís,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Sep. 2025
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Where it’s offered In 2023, Illinois became the first state to eliminate cash bail when the state Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the law abolishing it.—
Melissa Goldin,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Aug. 2025
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Sleek Design The CableTime dock is housed in an aluminum alloy shell which is both durable and efficient at dissipating heat that can build up when the dock is being used.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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What has brought these species back while others are disappearing?—
Tom Langen,
The Conversation,
9 Sep. 2025
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Younger Americans are worried that Social Security is disappearing.—
Ryan Ermey,
CNBC,
9 Sep. 2025
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Whether the Supreme Court fires this blast or not, Republicans need to be aware that breaking up majority-minority districts, and dispersing those voters into neighboring districts to dilute their voting power, may well make those neighboring districts less safe for Republican incumbents.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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Several local agencies from neighboring towns were called in to assist in dispersing the unruly crowd, and no injuries were reported among the officers.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Federal officials have said that repealing the rule would allow for more flexible management for local land managers and aid in preventing destructive wildfires.—
John Leos,
AZCentral.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Its passage is a blow to leadership, which, in the past, has voted against repealing the AUMFs.—
Rachel Schilke,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Sep. 2025
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This revealed that, even as the X-ray emissions of 4U 1630-472 were fading, the system was still ejecting material at an incredible 20 million mph (32 million kph) — about 3% the speed of light, and 15,000 times faster than the top speed of an F-16 jet fighter!—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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All of these weaknesses are either gone or fading fast.—
Michael Foster,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Dissolving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissolving. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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