elapse
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You may even die before those nearly two decades elapse, so you would have lost out on all that extra loot.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026
But the repercussions will reverberate for some time: at least 12 months must elapse from the last case to regain the important fever-free status.
From Barron's ● Dec. 2, 2025
Years elapse in the course of a few pages, and it’s 1942 in Nazi-occupied France.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2025
"It therefore seems likely that many years will elapse before any such Crispr-based therapy becomes routine - even assuming that it can be shown to be effective."
From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2024
The principle had been discovered; but many, many years were to elapse before that principle was usefully applied.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
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As the pair do some sightseeing, share meals and otherwise fill their days with prosaic acts, more than 30 minutes of screen time elapses in what amounts to stage-setting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
Disciplinary complaints against a lawyer actually have no statute of limitations, although the more time that elapses, the more difficult it will be to prove/investigate.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 2, 2026
MPs have a time limit to vote during a division and doorkeepers are instructed to lock the doors to the voting lobby once this elapses.
From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2024
Unlike the GLP-1 hormone, which is rapidly metabolized by the body, semaglutide and similar medications have much longer half-lives, meaning the medication can build up inside the body if not enough time elapses between doses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2023
Not a day elapses but she is found in the hospitals, unless indeed she is absent on an errand of mercy up the Tennessee, or to the hospitals in Kentucky.
From Nurse and Spy in the Union Army The Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields by S. Emma E. Edmonds
In theory, the two years that have elapsed since then should have made the defender bigger and stronger.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Consideration attributable to the elapsed portion of the reference period will be settled in shares, while the remaining consideration will be settled in cash, the company said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
A few seconds elapsed after the cars passed out of frame.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
IHR said Mohammadi had 20 days to appeal under the law but warned there had in the past been cases of people being executed before this period elapsed.
From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026
Perry, who was chewing gum, stopped chewing; he lowered his eyes, a minute elapsed, then slowly his jaws began to move again.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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The back-to-back turnovers dropped the Bengals win probability from 83.8% to 8.2% with only seconds of game time elapsing, according to the NFL’s modeling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 8, 2025
With years often elapsing between the incident and inquest, Alexander said inquests often open wounds and “re-traumatize” the families.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 15, 2023
Next year, though, that policy is elapsing, and at his age, Natiello's insurance premiums would spike if he decided to extend coverage.
From Reuters ● Jan. 31, 2023
“That time elapsing, in itself, really showed us our own shame.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2021
A short time elapsing, before any fresh rap occurred, Haldane went to look at her patient.
From One Snowy Night Long ago at Oxford by M. (Madelaine) Irwin
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