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dissipate

[dis-uh-peyt] / ˈdɪs əˌpeɪt /




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

From BBC Jun. 20, 2026

"It will take time for production to ramp back up, for logistics to normalise, and for the risk premium embedded in crude prices to dissipate," he said.

From Barron's Jun. 16, 2026

“The oil shock’s effect on prices may dissipate soon, in which case raising rates may only begin to bite after inflation has started coming back down,” Waller noted.

From MarketWatch May 23, 2026

But the feeling of being seen, of finding your people — even briefly — sticks with you long after the scents dissipate.

From Los Angeles Times May 19, 2026

The uncertainty that lived inside me began to dissipate; the ache that the little boy who stared in the mirror felt was gone.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride

Additionally, Goldman Sachs predicts that central bank demand will remain a fundamental pillar of support, averaging about 60 metric tons monthly, once price volatility dissipates.

From MarketWatch Apr. 2, 2026

They forecast silver dropping to about $42 an ounce by the end of next year as exuberance over gold dissipates.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 27, 2025

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 joy he feels when he is sitting across from a loved one quickly dissipates at the end of the visit as he walks back through the gate to his cell.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore

Incident traffic has dissipated substantially in the past years, it noted, with 45 incidents reported in 2024, 19 in 2025, and three since the beginning of 2026.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

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

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

Despite his booming voice, his words dissipated in the cavern, echoing until they sounded small and insignificant.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

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

"The gas behaves like a perfect conductor; even though countless collisions occur between the atoms, quantities like mass and energy flow freely, without dissipating into the system."

From Science Daily Jan. 7, 2026

For a while, investors cheered the dissipating fog, with the Nasdaq composite surging as much as 2.6%.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 21, 2025

Winds are expected to continue dissipating this week, but it’s shaping up to be a short reprieve for the region.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 16, 2025

She felt the energy of the ghosts dissipating.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo




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