virtual disappearance
Frequency: 5.84.1 per million words
A situation where something has almost completely vanished.
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Examples (10)
- Modern farming practice has led to the virtual disappearance of this bird.
- The rise of streaming services caused the virtual disappearance of physical media like CDs.
- Globalization has resulted in the virtual disappearance of many local dialects.
- We are witnessing the virtual disappearance of handwritten letters in the digital age.
- Online shopping is responsible for the virtual disappearance of independent bookstores.
- The historian noted the virtual disappearance of a once-thriving artisan community.
- Automation in factories has led to the virtual disappearance of certain manual labor jobs.
- The documentary highlighted the virtual disappearance of glaciers in the region over the last century.
- In some cities, public phone booths have seen a virtual disappearance.
- The widespread use of GPS contributed to the virtual disappearance of paper maps.