as in to expire
to come to an end
in those coin-operated binoculars at scenic areas your viewing time seems to elapse almost before it has begun
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Recent Examples of elapse
Senators on the Armed Services panel also voted to waive the seven-day rule that usually requires at least a week to elapse between a nominee’s confirmation hearing and a vote to discharge from committee.
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Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 20 Jan. 2025
In their models, planets swept up most of the material floating around the early solar system long before 200 million years had elapsed.
—Francis Nimmo, JSTOR Daily, 9 Jan. 2025
The roughly seventy minutes that elapsed during each performance never felt like seventy minutes—time either froze or raced ahead or stretched like taffy.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2025
The indicator categorizes Bitcoin by the time elapsed since it was last moved between wallets.
—Leeor Shimron, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 20 Jan. 2025
In their models, planets swept up most of the material floating around the early solar system long before 200 million years had elapsed.
—Francis Nimmo, JSTOR Daily, 9 Jan. 2025
The roughly seventy minutes that elapsed during each performance never felt like seventy minutes—time either froze or raced ahead or stretched like taffy.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2025
The indicator categorizes Bitcoin by the time elapsed since it was last moved between wallets.
—Leeor Shimron, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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The union’s contracts with the company expired Jan. 17.—
Judith Kohler,
The Denver Post,
3 Feb. 2025
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The current deal expires at the end of the 2026 season.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Feb. 2025
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At least 10 killed in worst mass shooting in Sweden's history 01:33 BREAKFAST BROWSE Michael Jordan’s son arrested on drug charge The 34-year-old son of NBA great Michael Jordan was arrested Tuesday in Florida after police officers found his vehicle stopped on railroad tracks.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN,
5 Feb. 2025
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Courtesy of Instagram Her love of personalization doesn’t stop at jewelry.—
Olivia Allen,
Vogue,
5 Feb. 2025
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The delay comes after the two countries agreed to take steps toward preventing the trafficking of fentanyl into the U.S. Markets stage comeback but still in the red All major U.S. indexes ended Monday in the red.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
4 Feb. 2025
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More light rain fell periodically through the Bay Area on Monday, continuing a pattern that began Friday and ended a nearly month-long stretch without precipitation.—
Rick Hurd,
The Mercury News,
4 Feb. 2025
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The last day to shop at the store, and buy its beloved Winston’s sausages, is March 30, but Irish on Grand will not cease to exist.—
Mars King,
Twin Cities,
31 Jan. 2025
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May 2024: An American Airlines plane ceased takeoff at Reagan Washington National after another aircraft was cleared to land on an intersecting runway.—
Zach Wichter,
USA TODAY,
31 Jan. 2025
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The show is slated to conclude its run on Sunday, Aug. 17.—
Stephen L. Betts,
Rolling Stone,
29 Jan. 2025
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Investigators found evidence of explosives at the sites, leading Swedish prosecutors to conclude that the blasts were caused by an act of sabotage.—
Anna Cooban,
CNN,
29 Jan. 2025
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By the end of the day, several states had grouped together to file a lawsuit against the administration to halt the funding freeze, including California, New York, Illinois, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Delaware.—
Michael Wilner,
Miami Herald,
29 Jan. 2025
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These included halting the supply of life-saving drugs for HIV, malaria and tuberculosis, as well as medical supplies for newborn babies, in countries supported by USAID around the globe, the memo reviewed by Reuters showed.—
Sriparna Roy,
USA TODAY,
29 Jan. 2025
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Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem reversed a last-minute decision by the Biden administration to extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for those from Venezuela through October 2026, leaving thousands open to potential deportation when their protections lapse this year.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
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This year, the program opened on Nov. 1 2024, meaning applications were being accepted for less than 12 weeks before funding lapsed.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
23 Jan. 2025
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The Senate could soon take the first step toward passing President Donald Trump‘s agenda as House Republicans struggle to reach a deal on budget cuts.—
David Sivak,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
4 Feb. 2025
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State regulations give insurers more latitude to raise premiums in exchange for issuing policies in high-risk areas, including consideration of climate change in premiums and passing the costs of reinsurance to consumers.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
5 Feb. 2025
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“Elapse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elapse. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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