as in to melt (away)
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as in evaporation
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Recent Examples of fade (away)
Jovan Buha, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
Advertisement Collins, in a 20-point effort, made a tougher-than-nails fadeaway shot to tie the score with four seconds left to force overtime.
—Benjamin Royer, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
His one-legged, impossible fadeaway jumper at the buzzer had missed, just like so many other Celtics shots on this night.
—Boston Herald, 21 Dec. 2024
Murray drained a two-point fadeaway shot over Anthony Davis with the game tied as the clock expired, giving the Nuggets a 2-0 lead in the series.
—Jovan Buha, The Athletic, 23 Apr. 2024
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Noun
His 30 points against the Hawks also pushed him past Michael Jordan for the most 30-point games in NBA history (563), with his 30th point poetically coming on a turnaround fadeaway.
—Jovan Buha, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
Advertisement Collins, in a 20-point effort, made a tougher-than-nails fadeaway shot to tie the score with four seconds left to force overtime.
—Benjamin Royer, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
His one-legged, impossible fadeaway jumper at the buzzer had missed, just like so many other Celtics shots on this night.
—Boston Herald, 21 Dec. 2024
Murray drained a two-point fadeaway shot over Anthony Davis with the game tied as the clock expired, giving the Nuggets a 2-0 lead in the series.
—Jovan Buha, The Athletic, 23 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fade (away)
Noun
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The evaporation of hope in the Labour Party as a real political alternative.—
Ian Penman,
Harper's Magazine,
19 Feb. 2025
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Most water circulates in a closed-loop system, but some is lost to evaporation.—
Bruce Gil,
Quartz,
17 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Clearly, millennials have become the baseline audience for an SNL anniversary special — a profound passing of the torch — and this special is millennials’ reward for growing up with Debbie Downer and Bronx Beat.—
Joe Berkowitz,
Vulture,
17 Feb. 2025
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This suddenly feels like more than a passing of the torch at Torrey Pines.—
Bryce Miller,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Now with all these things vanished, along with the bookstores and repertory cinemas, the city seems impoverished and disfigured.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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Eventually, the item vanished from the State Department's procurement document.—
Bobby Allyn,
NPR,
24 Feb. 2025
Verb
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These evaporate easily into the air, where they can be inhaled, trigger allergic reactions, and irritate the eyes, nose, and throat.—
Matt Fuchs,
TIME,
21 Feb. 2025
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Its roughly $2 billion economy remains heavily reliant on oil and gas revenue, which is evaporating quickly, and more than 40 percent of its people are estimated to live in poverty.—
Sui-Lee Wee,
New York Times,
16 Feb. 2025
Noun
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According to Power Plant Efficiency, natural gas and oil power plants operate between 33% - 60% and 30% respectively due to heat dissipation.—
Dianne Plummer,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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While diamond's heat dissipation is widely recognized, achieving better charge transport has been the bottleneck.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
30 Nov. 2024
Verb
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The sea grew rougher, and as the hours passed, Henley’s companions fell away, one by one.—
Joel Sams,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 Jan. 2025
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Regrettably, that finesse falls away as the season progresses, jumping between two timelines: Before and after Bradford’s death.—
Kristen Baldwin,
EW.com,
24 Jan. 2025
Verb
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That judge then gives out the best in show and reserve best in show.—
Ryan Canfield,
Fox News,
7 Feb. 2025
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Musgrove’s elbow dogged him over the summer, too, and after posting a 2.15 ERA over nine starts after his last return from the injured list, the ligament finally gave out in Game 2 of the NL Wild-Card Series against the Braves, ending his season.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Feb. 2025
Verb
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What's Next The storm is expected to taper off by Thursday afternoon, but another round of wintry weather is possible over the weekend.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
12 Feb. 2025
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These Gloria Vanderbilt jeans have over 5,400 five-star ratings and taper off right below the knees for a tailored look.—
Alyssa Grabinski,
People.com,
5 Feb. 2025
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“Fade (away).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fade%20%28away%29. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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