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[van-ish] / ˈvæn ɪʃ /


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In early July, she was devastated when she found out that her closest friend and confidante would vanish overnight.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

But extend that same stock picker’s holding period to three or 10 years, and those excess returns vanish.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

But the disease did not vanish once that initial disaster passed.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

A review of recent travel studies found that the psychological benefits of a vacation, like improved mood and sleep, don’t vanish the moment you’re back at your desk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

And before the moon sets, the one in Deadwood will vanish forever.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

Roll the account into an IRA and the exception vanishes permanently.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026

Once these materials drop below a critical temperature, their electrical resistance suddenly vanishes.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 27, 2026

That doubt usually vanishes once it becomes a “he said, they said” case.

From Slate ● Apr. 22, 2026

As the price difference between low-end and midtier establishments vanishes, I’ve decided it’s time to change my dining habits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 7, 2026

But the Bigfoot feeling vanishes as soon as I get to school on Friday.

From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli

Others need a little more help to keep from being decommissioned, like the thousands that already vanished as cellphones took over.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

But the Rams’ 16-0 halftime lead literally vanished into thin air.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

The Herculaneum collection is the only known intact library to survive from antiquity, potentially preserving works that have otherwise vanished from history.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

Two weeks before Kandaiah Jayapalan vanished, an 18-year-old Tamil school girl, Krishanthi Kumaraswamy, disappeared in the same area.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

Before coming into range, however, the whales vanished beneath the surface, and their towering tidal wave continued on without them.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown

The demolition has begun at Bengaluru's Urvashi Cinema, once a 1,200-seat movie palace where generations of filmgoers cheered and whistled, another casualty of India's vanishing single-screen era.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

In honor of Slate’s 30th anniversary, Luke waded into the comments section and discovered tales of love, loss, and a vanishing form of online community.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

Meanwhile, ice vanishing due to climate warming is steadily destabilizing mountainous regions like the Himalayas, scientists say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has captured a remarkable celestial sight: Earth briefly vanishing behind Phobos in the evening sky of Mars.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026

From the other side of the valley we could watch chimps arriving at the tree, feeding, then climbing down and vanishing into the forest.

From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall




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