dissipate
verb (used with object)
to scatter in various directions; disperse; dispel.
are dissipating
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present progressiveof dissipate.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Services prices increased at a slightly slower pace following three straight months of faster rises, indicating some key price pressures in the currency area are dissipating.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026
"The relatively dovish tone ... suggests that policymakers' inflation concerns are dissipating more quickly than we'd anticipated," said William Jackson, chief emerging markets economist at Capital Economic, in a note to clients.
From Reuters ● Aug. 2, 2023
But while stormy conditions are dissipating in the Bay Area, the Central Valley is bracing for more rain and potential flooding as the system tracks in its direction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 22, 2023
Now that we know their surface temperatures, we can start to do some complicated mathematical modeling to work out exactly how much heat they are dissipating and how that relates to the environmental temperature.
From Slate ● Jan. 28, 2023
The thing the direct response advertisers loved about the space — the baked-in, host-read ads that lived on forever as testimonials — are dissipating, at least at the space’s highest levels.
From The Verge ● Dec. 14, 2021
