How is it that otherwise reasonable people come to believe that this same roof, that practically vanishing commodity, is freely obtainable just by packing up and going to another country?
Source: tatoeba (55390)
Vanishing
Synonyms for "vanishing" (61 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Noun(9 words)
Strong matches (18)
Related words (30)
Noun(12 words)
Verb(1 words)
fade from view
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More general
16 entriesalgorithmic propertyasymptotic behaviorattributeconceptdecreasedisappearancedisappearingeventlimit conceptmathematical behaviorperceptual propertyphenomenonprocesspropertyqualityvisibility
More specific
19 entriesconvergence of linesdimmingdissipationdwindlingerosionevanescenceevanescentfadefadingnegligible termperspective convergenceshort-livedtransientvanishing coefficientvanishing gradientvanishing point
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Collocations
10 entriesrate of vanishingvanishing actvanishing behaviorvanishing gradientvanishing horizonvanishing memoryvanishing phenomenonvanishing pointvanishing speciesvanishing term
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
6 entriesSample sentences
8 total sentences available.
The tiger is a vanishing species.
Source: tatoeba (240007)
Couffe notes about two-thirds of natural wetlands are vanishing because of factors including agriculture, drainage, and mining for fuel. That, she says, results in the release of massive amounts of carbon.
Source: tatoeba (8212717)
Working in a building that was once a trolley barn, the students immerse themselves in an intense, hands-on program that trains them in traditional European craftsmanship – which many believe to be a vanishing art form.
Source: tatoeba (8226592)
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