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evaporate

[ih-vap-uh-reyt] / ɪˈvæp əˌreɪt /


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Eisenman adds that fans can cause more water to evaporate from your skin in dry conditions such as L.A., further drying you out.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

They move air across the skin, which can help sweat evaporate and make people feel cooler.

From Science Daily Jul. 29, 2026

Richard Windsor, an independent analyst at Radio Free Mobile, said Alphabet’s earnings-per-share figure hinged largely on the “illusory security of a series of unrealized investment returns that will evaporate at the first hint of trouble.”

From MarketWatch Jul. 26, 2026

But some analysts said the relief that followed this week’s unexpectedly cool reading of the consumer-price index could evaporate quickly if energy prices keep climbing.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

Hazel wondered what it would be like to melt, if you would feel yourself slowly liquefy, or if your conscious thoughts would evaporate away before you did.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu

Heat domes also cause "dry thunderstorms" where rain evaporates before hitting the surface and lightning strikes are liable to trigger wildfires.

From Barron's Jul. 10, 2026

Yet if a black hole evaporates completely, all information about the matter that fell into it appears to vanish as well.

From Science Daily Jul. 5, 2026

This separation is a phase change that consumes energy, inducing a cooling effect, like when steam evaporates off a cup of hot water.

From BBC Jun. 16, 2026

Others are hoarding cash in preparation for a layoff they consider inevitable, or placing risky bets on the stock market to get rich before their job and salary evaporates.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 14, 2026

Somewhere along the two-and-a-half-hour journey, Nikhil evaporates and Gogol claims him again.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

This misdirection masked Washington’s responsibility for $2.7 trillion in U.S. financial sector losses and $4.1 trillion globally, alongside massive indirect destruction—a $14 trillion loss in U.S. output and $19 trillion in evaporated household wealth.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

By simply changing the number of bubbles in each droplet, the team found they could dramatically alter the pattern left behind as the liquid evaporated.

From Science Daily Jul. 11, 2026

While Platner—whose lead in the race had evaporated after a previous wave of stories about his relationship history—has not yet relented, he has suggested that he’s reassessing his run.

From Slate Jul. 7, 2026

During hot weather our body controls our internal temperature by sweating and as the sweat is evaporated from our skin, it cools the air directly next to us, making us feel cooler.

From BBC Jun. 24, 2026

Molly’s dream of a quiet summer evaporated, for the house was desperately in need of rehabilitation—“an old wreck, one of the oldest around, and built without benefit of architect” she recollected.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

"Not only have we been able to clear the view, but we can finally pin down what the clouds are made out of and how they're condensing and evaporating as they move around the planet."

From Science Daily May 27, 2026

The nightmare scenario is playing out in Los Angeles, where a century-old entertainment economy is evaporating with no signs of a turnaround on the horizon.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 30, 2026

“The argument for having lower rates is just evaporating right before our very eyes,” said Brian Bethune, an economist at Boston College, in an interview with MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch Feb. 28, 2026

"States need institutions that help them work together," he said, warning that the very concept of international cooperation appeared to be evaporating.

From Barron's Dec. 31, 2025

Soon, on account of the heat, I guess, that water started evaporating and drops ran down the grooves carved in that wooden face so that the statue looked as if it were crying.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez




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