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 If consumers are inclined to believe a company behaved badly, the distinction between firing and non-renewal disappears. — Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 20 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 That doesn't necessarily mean the debt disappears or that debt collectors must stop contacting you in every state. — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026 In Antonioni’s film, after a woman disappears during a boating vacation, her partner and her best friend travel around looking for her, while the bond between them tightens and their grip on the threads of certainty loosens. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2026 If the Dodgers’ financial juggernaut was a fiction funded by undisclosed insurance loans, so much justification for the lockout disappears. — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2026 The companies with the most resilient workforces have made investment in employee trajectory a structural commitment, not a line item that disappears when headcount pressure arrives. — Susan Lamotte, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 Inspired by true events, The Ocean Between Them stars Gayheart as Joan, a fierce mama bear scouring the Central American Pacific after her daughter Miranda (Jessica Lord) disappears at sea during a vacation in Belize. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Aug. 2026 In the time lapse, the setting sun disappears behind the moon as our natural satellite moves directly in front of the star. — Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 13 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
Years after walking away from the FBI, Fox Mulder and Dana Scully are pulled back from the shadows when a federal agent vanishes without a trace.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2026

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Too often, participation fades just as the lifelong benefits begin.

— Lindsay Davenport, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026
Slowing down to test demand, unit economics and operational readiness helps companies avoid costly overexpansion and build growth that lasts after the hype fades.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

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