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dissipate

[dis-uh-peyt] / ˈdɪs əˌpeɪt /




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A column of black smoke rose over the Miramar air station early Friday, according to images captured on Alert California cameras, but the fire appeared to dissipate quickly.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

Whether Microsoft’s report will cause “bear concerns” to dissipate is still up for debate.

From MarketWatch Jul. 22, 2026

When Morocco's energy started to dissipate, it became a contest.

From BBC Jun. 20, 2026

And he predicted that effect to dissipate in the second quarter, leading eurozone GDP excluding Ireland to stagnate in the spring.

From Barron's Jun. 5, 2026

The pain from the stone began to dissipate, but Ku-Ang could still feel its power pulsating; his whole body felt as if it were bursting.

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin

Those drivers will reassert themselves as geopolitical stress dissipates, they said.

From MarketWatch Jun. 15, 2026

Soccer’s governing body takes the heat, making a bet that once games begin and international mania takes over, the fury dissipates.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 20, 2026

Boron arsenide has the potential to revolutionize electronics and semiconductor technology by providing a material that both dissipates heat effectively and performs as a high-quality semiconductor.

From Science Daily Nov. 12, 2025

Perhaps this is just a temporary cloud, like the coastal fog that dissipates as summer rolls on?

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2025

The mist in the Menagerie slowly dissipates as she searches the tent, finding nothing concealed within it but paper.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

If there was any bad blood between Paxton and Middleton over these clashes, it seems to have dissipated in the years since.

From Salon May 23, 2026

Troops are now readying for the challenges that the scorching summer might bring, but any worries over their families without heat and light in civilian cities have dissipated.

From The Wall Street Journal May 18, 2026

For three weeks, McFarland and Brune followed short-lived storms that dissipated quickly, leaving them without useful data.

From Science Daily Apr. 21, 2026

That view hasn’t fully dissipated, but it has become less certain.

From Barron's Apr. 8, 2026

But as he entered his next class, he rode the wave of courage he had before it dissipated.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

Plus, I was famished with the kind of hunger that accompanies the dissipating stress after leaving the dentist.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

Power-sector demand will start the week lower with heat in the south dissipating and Texas even trending toward cooler than normal for mid-July, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

While the colder climate of space holds appeal for some backers of the galactic data-center vision, “there’s no airflow,” Huang noted, which could present challenges when it comes to dissipating heat.

From MarketWatch Feb. 25, 2026

"It helped me channel my perfectionism, taking it out of the dark and into the light and dissipating that shame."

From BBC Feb. 17, 2026

Annabeth and Grover stood on the beach, in shock, watching the water flood back around Ares’s feet, his glowing golden ichor dissipating in the tide.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan




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