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as in to disappear
to cease to be visible
the fog soon melted away with the rising of the sun
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as in to thaw
to go from a solid to a liquid state
a forgotten carton of ice cream was melting away on the counter
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Recent Examples of melt
The moment a dog refused a treat and offered it to her best friend instead was captured on film—instantly melting hearts on social media.
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025
Drain, reserving 1 cup pasta cooking water. Make Sauce
In the same skillet, melt butter over medium heat.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Dec. 2024
When the ice melts, Earth is able to absorb more solar radiation, and that can exacerbate global warming.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 30 Dec. 2024
This process melts areas of ice, incorporates oxygen into the water and allows more light to penetrate, promoting photosynthesis and further oxygen production.
—Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025
Drain, reserving 1 cup pasta cooking water. Make Sauce
In the same skillet, melt butter over medium heat.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Dec. 2024
When the ice melts, Earth is able to absorb more solar radiation, and that can exacerbate global warming.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 30 Dec. 2024
This process melts areas of ice, incorporates oxygen into the water and allows more light to penetrate, promoting photosynthesis and further oxygen production.
—Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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Add a layer of snow and the lawn may disappear for months at a time.Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Jan. 2025
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One of the most popular social media apps in the country may disappear next week.Sam Baker, Axios, 10 Jan. 2025
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Pour the mixture into ice cube trays to freeze and store in a resealable bag, and thaw overnight in the refrigerator to use.Taylor Tobin, Southern Living, 28 Dec. 2024
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When the ice eventually thawed, evolutionary activity picked up, and things weren’t so boring anymore.David Bressan, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
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While the recent seven-game stretch has been an improvement, the flaws on this team haven’t vanished.Matthew Fairburn, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
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By contrast, this rising international elite is creating something very different: a society in which superstition defeats reason and logic, transparency vanishes, and the nefarious actions of political leaders are obscured behind a cloud of nonsense and distraction.Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2025
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The three-part system involves a fleet of autonomous mining rovers that harvest the icy dirt, a processing plant that heats the ice to extract water, splitting the water into hydrogen and oxygen and then liquefying the oxygen, and a massive solar array that powers the entire operation.Saurav Shroff, WIRED, 2 Jan. 2025
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The commission inspected the Health Science Center in October, after NBC News began publishing its investigation, and sent a cease-and-desist letter ordering the center to stop its practice of liquefying bodies after using them for training and research.Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, 27 Dec. 2024
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Indeed, the very concept seems to have faded from public discourse and concern.Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
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Dermatologists recommend at-home microdermabrasion for helping to fade acne scars and stretch marks, too.Cecily McAndrews, Health, 5 Jan. 2025
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Conservators applied solvent gel to soften the paint before carefully shaving away the layers using plastic scrapers.Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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The persistence of high mortgage rates will put some downward pressure on prices, since demand will soften as many consumers forego expensive loans, experts said, but the high rates will also exacerbate a lack of supply that has kept prices soaring.Max Zahn, ABC News, 31 Dec. 2024
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The Doors — which was once made of four members — continued as three, creating two more albums before dissolving in 1973, per The Doors website.Makena Gera, People.com, 12 Jan. 2025
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Alcohol is a solvent, which means other things can dissolve in it.Nikki Crowley, The Conversation, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Melt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/melt. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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