evaporate

Example Sentences

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During a roughly 10-minute span when Wright’s post appeared, an exchange-traded fund linked to oil futures saw $84 million of its market capitalization evaporate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

At the bleeding edge of AI, any new feature has the potential to evaporate an incumbent’s lead overnight.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 6, 2026

Potassium is considered a moderately volatile element, meaning it can partially evaporate under extreme heat.

From Science Daily • Feb. 8, 2026

USC had led by two scores with less than five minutes remaining, only to see its lead evaporate in that span.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2025

Once you understand that prescriptive rules are the conventions of a specialized form of the language, most of the iptivist controversies evaporate.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker