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The phrase "a while then disappear" is not entirely correct in written English as it lacks a conjunction or punctuation to clarify the relationship between the two parts.
You can use it when describing something that lasts for a short period before ceasing to exist or being visible.
Example: "The stars appeared for a while then disappear into the dawn light."
Alternatives: "for a time and then vanish" or "for a moment before fading away".
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It's chaotic: some attend school for a while then disappear for months, nobody has paperwork or immunisation records, and the power keeps cutting out.
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Endnotes for cited material appear for a while and then disappear for vast stretches.
Made in 1919, when Balthus was 11, they tell the story of his beloved tomcat Mitsou, a stray that entered his life when he was 10, stayed a while and then disappeared forever, leaving him devastated.
The creature it belonged to ploughed against the current for a while, and then disappeared.
Discovered in 1983, the so-called Peregrine solution consists of a single peak that suddenly emerges out of a smoothly varying wave train (a so-called sine wave) by sucking energy out of it, zipping along for a while, and then disappearing back into the sine wave.
They lived happily for a while, then the wife and baby disappeared.
"Prostitution particularly, graffiti, panhandling, they will disappear for a while, then when the focus and direction is off those problematic areas out on the street they start to flourish and pop back up again," Mr. Kerik said.
Welcome them in, like old friends who will stay with you a little while and then disappear.
"Of course, everything took a while then.
Wait a while, then call.
Simple figures repeat for a long time, then disappear.
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