elapsed
Example Sentences
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As time elapsed, Sand’s rate of production never slacked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 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
By the time the agents shoved me into that unmarked SUV, three minutes and 30 seconds had elapsed.
From Slate ● Jan. 23, 2026
If one accepts the traditional, earlier dates for the onset of American plant domestication, then 5,000 years instead of 1,500 or 2,000 years elapsed before food production supported villages.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
