as in evaporation
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as in vanishing
to cease to be visible
the fog soon melted away with the rising of the sun
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as in thawing
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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Noun
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Sweat glands start releasing sweat if the temperature is too high to facilitate evaporation and heat loss.—
Ruth Jessen Hickman, MD,
Verywell Health,
15 Jan. 2025 -
Dry fuel is much easier and quicker to ignite than wet fuel, since the fire needs to expend less energy on evaporation.—
Ned Kleiner,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Jan. 2025
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The mother’s passing and the 2008 financial collapse contributed to the precariousness that’s put them in this predicament.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
23 Jan. 2025
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Cooper last posted to social media to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday (January 15), just days before his passing.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
23 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The disappearing chat feature is part of a Google Workspace suite that is accessible to about 26,000 employees and has been available in some form since the early 2010s, when the city began contracting with Google for email and other services, Magos said.—
Tony Barboza,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Dec. 2024
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The investigation was the result of an agreement between the city and a community group, the Crane Boulevard Safety Coalition, which found out about the disappearing messages in the course of litigation involving the construction of a home in Mount Washington.—
Tony Barboza,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Though imperceptible to humans, 1 degree can make the difference between bitterly cold, dry gusts of arctic air freezing the lake over or evaporating its warm surface waters.—
Adriana Pérez,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Dec. 2024
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The lake also needs to be ice-free because ice acts as a barrier, preventing moisture from evaporating off the lake.—
Caitlin Looby,
Journal Sentinel,
2 Dec. 2024
Noun
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As noted by the excellent Caleb Denison at Digital Trends, the company has also reworked the TV’s cooling system with a new heat dissipation technique that should help keep that four-layer OLED panel in tip-top shape over the long term.—
Chris Welch,
The Verge,
10 Jan. 2025
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The beast is in ourselves, and, as Bonello posits, the realization of our desires also involves their dissipation.—
Nicholas Bell,
SPIN,
25 Dec. 2024
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“Melting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/melting. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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