elapsed; elapsing
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Verb
in those coin-operated binoculars at scenic areas your viewing time seems to elapse almost before it has begun
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Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
Then not even two months had elapsed before the United States launched joint airstrikes with Israel on Iran on February 28, which resulted in the assassination of its Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and launched the ongoing war in the Middle East.
—Emile Nuh, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2026
Stuart James, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
But several minutes elapse before officers attempt to deliver oxygen or CPR.
—James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2026
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Verb
In addition to live video, viewers can track the spacecraft using NASA's Artemis Real‑time Orbit Website, which displays Orion’s position relative to Earth and the moon, its distance traveled, and elapsed mission time using live data transmitted from Orion to Mission Control in Houston.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
Then not even two months had elapsed before the United States launched joint airstrikes with Israel on Iran on February 28, which resulted in the assassination of its Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and launched the ongoing war in the Middle East.
—Emile Nuh, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2026
Noun
Forty-four seconds elapse between the ball going out of play off Kadioglu and Cristhian Mosquera taking the goal kick.
—Stuart James, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
But several minutes elapse before officers attempt to deliver oxygen or CPR.
—James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2026
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“Elapse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/elapse. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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