as in to melt (away)
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Recent Examples of fade (away)
Broderick Turner
follow, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2025
Martin hit a deep fadeaway 3 to cut the lead back to one, but Ionescu responded with two more free throws to put the Liberty back up three.
—Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 26 June 2025
With 14 seconds left on the shot clock, before Nembhard could try to scramble switch, Gilgeous-Alexander attacked Nesmith with a lefty dribble toward the baseline — a difficult place to double — and poured in a midrange fadeaway before Nembhard could get over in time to help.
—Anthony Slater, New York Times, 14 June 2025
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Noun
On the next possession, Flagg scored on a fadeaway over James, drawing more cheers as Flagg slapped hands with his teammates on the bench.
—Broderick Turner
follow, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2025
Martin hit a deep fadeaway 3 to cut the lead back to one, but Ionescu responded with two more free throws to put the Liberty back up three.
—Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 26 June 2025
With 14 seconds left on the shot clock, before Nembhard could try to scramble switch, Gilgeous-Alexander attacked Nesmith with a lefty dribble toward the baseline — a difficult place to double — and poured in a midrange fadeaway before Nembhard could get over in time to help.
—Anthony Slater, New York Times, 14 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fade (away)
Noun
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This translates into the evaporation of funding to rescue and assist trafficked scam workers.—
Christine Ro,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Plus, the side walls are slightly tapered to regulate heat and evaporation, which allows steam to escape more quickly and helps with flipping food in the pan.—
Izzy Baskette,
PEOPLE,
6 Sep. 2025
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Similarly, fellow country artists such as the Dixie Chicks, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill expressed their sorrow over his passing.—
Lynsey Eidell,
People.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Our hearts are heavy, as his passing leaves a grieving family and a country grappling with division.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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If muscle-melting massages are more your style, the Maldives has some of the best in the world.—
Katie Lockhart,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Sep. 2025
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There’s enough blame to fill what’s left of the world’s melting glaciers after this debacle of an opener in which the Dolphins were dominated, 33-8, by a mediocre Colts team and looks further from contention than any time this decade.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
7 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The August jobs report, released last week, showed just 22,000 new positions, nearly all in healthcare and support services; other sectors have stagnated, amplifying concerns that job growth outside healthcare may soon vanish altogether as Medicaid cuts take effect in October.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
9 Sep. 2025
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And so dark celestial bodies vanished from the scientific imagination.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
9 Sep. 2025
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The top of its back is dark brown fading along its sides to become creamy white on its belly.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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Enter this darling Dutch oven—it’s constructed with long-lasting cast-iron and finished with a triple-layer enamel coating that prevents chipping, fading, cracking, and staining with use.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
3 Sep. 2025
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The literary thriller charts the disappearance of a girl from an upstate New York summer camp — and links it to the mysterious vanishing of her brother years earlier.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
People.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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This kind of waste, activists say, is contributing to the vanishing of the Great Salt Lake, which three years ago reached a record, concerning low.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Synergies evaporated, growth never materialized, and years later the stock is still trading far below its debut highs.—
Jim Osman,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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With an 18-16 loss, the facade of Florida football, coach Billy Napier, the Heisman campaign of DJ Lagway and any likely College Football Playoff aspirations evaporated.—
Noah White,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
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Enhanced heat dissipation and a 25% boost in energy efficiency ensure reliable, long-lasting performance.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
28 Aug. 2025
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As a result, liquid cooling, particularly cold plate liquid cooling, has become the new norm in China’s data centers due to its efficient heat dissipation and relatively simple retrofit process.—
Ni Tao,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Aug. 2025
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“Fade (away).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fade%20%28away%29. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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