Example Sentences

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Those habitats have been disappearing for a host of reasons including agricultural intensification as well as road and house building.

From BBC • Aug. 27, 2024

The bill aims to stop the loss of journalism jobs, which have been disappearing rapidly as legacy media companies have struggled to profit in the digital age.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 12, 2024

Scleractinian corals, or hard corals, have been disappearing globally over the past four decades, a result of climate change, pollution, unsustainable coastal development and overfishing.

From Science Daily • Nov. 30, 2023

If you’re not reading about these even in your own neighborhood, it’s partly because the hometown newspapers that used to cover them have been disappearing.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2023

The virtues of thrift and self-denial have been disappearing.

From Report of the Special Committee on Moral Delinquency in Children and Adolescents by Mazengarb, O. C. (Oswald Chettle)