DISAPPEARS Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

disappears

verb

present tense third-person singular of disappear

as in vanishes

to cease to be visible the stranger disappeared into the mists, never to be seen again

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Recent Examples of disappears Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Caitríona Balfe, Kit Connor and Fred Hechinger star as members of a struggling family that begins to unravel after the mother disappears. — Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026 One way to overcome this problem is using quantum teleportation, in which the data essentially disappears from one place and reappears someplace else. — IEEE Spectrum, 2 Sep. 2026 Farmers cannot invest in multi-year transitions if demand disappears with the next procurement cycle. — Bart Vollaard, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2026 The exception disappears into an email or a meeting and the workflow got faster. — Krupesh Bhat, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026 Starring Kim Hyun-joo and Bae Hyeon-seong, the film follows a mother whose young son mysteriously disappears along with a bus full of children. — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 31 Aug. 2026 When his detective twin brother, James, disappears, Ludwig impersonates him to help his sister-in-law, Lucy (Anna Maxwell Martin), solve the mystery. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 27 Aug. 2026 When a lake abruptly disappears, that’s a strong indicator that the ice-rich permafrost has thawed. — Anna Liljedahl, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2026 Below me a narrow path winds through muddy rice paddies like a snake and disappears into a horizon blanketed by dense fog. — Marisol Delarosa, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Aug. 2026

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In Figments of Freedom, written, directed by and starring Webber, a Marine goes AWOL, burns his life to ash, and vanishes into America’s fractured heart.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2026
For many, August represents the last opportunity to sneak in a summer vacation before the season all too quickly vanishes.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Aug. 2026

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Stimulus trickling in Economists expect better growth for the rest of the year, as adverse weather fades and local governments accelerate fiscal spending.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026
The sibling drama, meanwhile, rather fades out of view amid these loftier goings-on; the film’s narrative begins to feel devised by the old parlor game Consequences, repeatedly wrenched in erratic new directions.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 31 Aug. 2026

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