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
O’Brien, who will only be 27 when his contract elapses, ought to be a safe enough bet.
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Philip Buckingham, The Athletic, 30 July 2024
Exactly 29 seconds elapsed from Pino busting down the door to shooting Richard, prosecutors noted.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
Only three years elapsed between Batman Begins (the first of director Christopher Nolan and star Christian Bale's DC trilogy) and The Dark Knight.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 30 Dec. 2024
Van Dijk’s goal against Arsenal was one, with Ibrahima Konate’s header against Wolverhampton Wanderers the other — although even that second one is debatable, given 30 seconds elapsed between Andy Robertson’s corner and the centre-back heading home.
—Andy Jones, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024
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Philip Buckingham, The Athletic, 30 July 2024
Exactly 29 seconds elapsed from Pino busting down the door to shooting Richard, prosecutors noted.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
Only three years elapsed between Batman Begins (the first of director Christopher Nolan and star Christian Bale's DC trilogy) and The Dark Knight.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 30 Dec. 2024
Van Dijk’s goal against Arsenal was one, with Ibrahima Konate’s header against Wolverhampton Wanderers the other — although even that second one is debatable, given 30 seconds elapsed between Andy Robertson’s corner and the centre-back heading home.
—Andy Jones, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elapse
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Thus, as a reminder, don’t wait until the TCJA expires to do your estate planning!—
Darren T. Case,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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For Dan Hurley’s Huskies, the grace period has expired.—
Joe Arruda,
Hartford Courant,
21 Jan. 2025
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Identity fraud attacks rose by 73% between 2021 and 2023, and nothing seems to stop them.—
Rob Heidenreich,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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Union sources said the international had been planning a disciplinary hearing for Davis which could have removed him from office, but his resignation has stopped those proceedings.—
Evan Simko-Bednarski,
New York Daily News,
24 Jan. 2025
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But Trump’s initial executive orders have gone far beyond that — including efforts to keep asylum-seekers in Mexico and end automatic citizenship.—
Amelia Thomson-Deveaux,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Jan. 2025
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Members of the family have spoken out about religious issues, routinely ended episodes of the series with prayer and have preached nationwide about faith, repentance and baptism.—
Mary Whitfill Roeloffs,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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One of my favorite coffee shops, Cafe De Leche, which had the most peaceful sunny patio — perfect for reading and catching up with a friend — ceased to exist.—
Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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Production has ceased on Season 2 of the Big Talk Studios series about an 18th-century highway robber, putting a cast and crew of hundreds out of work with nothing to show for their efforts.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
17 Jan. 2025
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Biden's latest export controls have led some observers to conclude the government shares the growing sense that AGI is close.—
Scott Rosenberg,
Axios,
17 Jan. 2025
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But most have concluded that justice will never be theirs, that the police have moved on to investigating crimes that receive more public attention, that they have been forgotten.—
Ryan Lillis,
Sacramento Bee,
17 Jan. 2025
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The Associated Press reported this week that Trump has tasked New Jersey Republican Rep. Jeff Van Drew with drafting an executive order to halt offshore wind production nationwide.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
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TikTok could fade to black in the U.S. in a matter of days after the Supreme Court rejected its appeal to halt a law that will ban the popular video app as of Jan. 19 unless Chinese parent ByteDance sells its stake.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
17 Jan. 2025
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Cruise's option lapsed in 2004, leading DiCaprio to eventually purchase the rights to Larson's book himself in 2010.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
23 Jan. 2025
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Given recent precedent, the fragility of Israel's ruling coalition and the yawning gap between the belligerents, this deal is just as likely to collapse, or simply to lapse, as to foster a longer-term peace.—
Max Rodenbeck,
TIME,
17 Jan. 2025
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On Thursday, the House passed the Fix Our Forests Act, a bipartisan measure that's intended to help prevent catastrophic wildfires and provide proper forest management as California continues.—
Ivan Pereira,
ABC News,
24 Jan. 2025
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In the computer science world, this means that many AI have already passed the Turing test.—
Zain Jaffer,
Rolling Stone,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Elapse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elapse. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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