lapsed
Example Sentences
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Raised Catholic but long-since lapsed, he instead harnesses an emphatic merger of physical form and fluid red color to conjure a wholly secular vision of the body and the blood.
From Los Angeles Times
The picketing machinists benefited from a strike fund while they were off the job but were under increasing pressure as healthcare coverage lapsed for some families.
As for the life-insurance policy with unpaid monthly premiums: It sounds like the policy has now probably lapsed, given that your husband died in June.
From MarketWatch
The Gatsby motif — a glittering party meant to dazzle, distract and impress — played out in real life as guests toasted while federal benefits quietly lapsed.
From Salon
An initial 48-hour ceasefire lapsed before a second truce emerged on October 19 following talks in Doha, also brokered by Qatar and Turkey.
From Barron's
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