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
With just days before the current truce elapses on Sunday, the sides have yet to begin negotiations for an extension.
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Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
Canada Chemistry lesson With so much time having elapsed between best-on-best events, Team Canada was drawing up its forward lines from scratch.
—Arpon Basu, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025
More than 14 months elapsed between the first and fourth successful flight of Rocket Lab's Electron rocket.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 7 Feb. 2025
For example, 17 years elapsed between the Dallas-Pittsburgh duel in ’79 and the Troy Aikman-Neil O’Donnell version in 1996, while a 13-year buffer stood between the Pats-Eagles bookends.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 27 Jan. 2025
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Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
Canada Chemistry lesson With so much time having elapsed between best-on-best events, Team Canada was drawing up its forward lines from scratch.
—Arpon Basu, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025
More than 14 months elapsed between the first and fourth successful flight of Rocket Lab's Electron rocket.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 7 Feb. 2025
For example, 17 years elapsed between the Dallas-Pittsburgh duel in ’79 and the Troy Aikman-Neil O’Donnell version in 1996, while a 13-year buffer stood between the Pats-Eagles bookends.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 27 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elapse
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Yuichi Yamazaki | Afp | Getty Images Garden said that a growing audience is changing the way the league is thinking about its next media rights contract, with both its international and domestic deals expiring after the 2028 season.—
Ian Thomas,
CNBC,
22 Mar. 2025
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The three-pointer streak ended, and the clock expired after a layup, turning what was a blowout into an exciting thriller at the end.—
Ryan Morik,
Fox News,
21 Mar. 2025
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The park also provides convenient shuttle buses to transport guests throughout the park, which stop just outside the lodge.—
Sophie Mendel,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Mar. 2025
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There’s nothing to stop this being made available to other OEMs.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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Trump and his top officials have framed the potential partial ceasefire as a springboard for a broader peace deal to end Russia's war on its neighbor.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
23 Mar. 2025
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The Trump administration is freezing over $1 billion in pandemic-era spending for schools and food banks, six months before the programs were scheduled to end.—
Rachel Royster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 Mar. 2025
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Disney investors on Thursday voted down a proposal that the entertainment giant cease its participation in a prominent LGBTQ rights organization’s equality ratings program.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
20 Mar. 2025
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However, this does not mean that nuclear waste storage has ceased to be an issue.—
Ariel Cohen,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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During her time on the long-running ABC drama, which concluded after 12 seasons in 2005, Delaney won an Emmy in 1997 for outstanding supporting actress in a drama series.—
Brenton Blanchet,
People.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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In its most recent meeting, which concluded on March 19, Fed officials acknowledged growing economic uncertainty, prompting them to raise their inflation forecast while lowering their growth outlook.—
Garth Friesen,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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During a recent visit to Beijing, Trump ally and US Senator Steve Daines told Bloomberg News that China must halt the flow of fentanyl ingredients into the US before any trade negotiations could begin.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
30 Mar. 2025
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President Donald Trump has worked to advance his agenda at lightning speed, but courts have halted those efforts after an avalanche of challenges to his actions.—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
29 Mar. 2025
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Bunny, George, former Vogue fashion columnist Arthur (Nathan Lee Graham) and flight attendant and lapsed Mormon Jerry (Matt Bomer) used to be an inseparable quartet, but time, distance and now George’s death have pulled them apart.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Mar. 2025
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Some have been released; others simply weren’t re-signed when their contracts lapsed.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2025
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Background Congress passed the CTA after years of discussion over the problems created by anonymous shell companies, including money laundering and drug trafficking.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
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Despite criticism from human rights groups and opposing legislators – some of whom let off smoke flares in Hungary’s parliament on Tuesday – the law was passed in a 136-27 vote, with support from Orban’s party and their minority coalition partner the Christian Democrats.—
Catherine Nicholls,
CNN,
23 Mar. 2025
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“Elapse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elapse. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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