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elapse

[ih-laps] / ɪˈlæps /


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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

"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

They also face obstacles such as states’ statutes of limitations that may elapse before the patients sour on their transitions.

From Washington Times Dec. 5, 2023

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

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

Isaacs will not automatically be released after his 21-year minimum jail term elapses.

From BBC Oct. 31, 2025

They want the debate to occur inside a TV studio, with microphones that automatically cut off when a speaker’s time limit elapses.

From New York Times May 15, 2024

Anom′alous, irregular: deviating from rule.—Anomalistic year, the interval that elapses between two successive passages of the earth through its perihelion, or point of nearest approach to the sun = 365 days 6 hr.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

By the time the agents shoved me into that unmarked SUV, three minutes and 30 seconds had elapsed.

From Slate Jan. 23, 2026

Marquee values for the E-Ray include an official 0-60 mph acceleration in 2.5 seconds and a ¼-mile elapsed time of 10.5 seconds.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 18, 2025

"Because such a lot of time has elapsed, the evidence would have disappeared and the possibility of a reinvestigation is impossible."

From BBC Nov. 25, 2025

Because he was absent for more than eight minutes, he was not allowed to bat until the same amount of time had elapsed, as per the rules.

From Barron's Nov. 22, 2025

After my ten minutes were elapsed I clambered up onto the carpet and dried off.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

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

“That time elapsing, in itself, really showed us our own shame.”

From New York Times Dec. 15, 2021

Mr Riddell also warned that the recruitment process was being "rushed", with only two months elapsing between the closing date for applications and the start date for the job.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2014

During the harvest three or four rounds must be made through the grove, perhaps a week elapsing between trips, each time slightly shaking the trees to make the ripe nuts fall.

From Walnut Growing in Oregon by Cooper, Jacob Calvin




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