elapsed; elapsing
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Verb
in those coin-operated binoculars at scenic areas your viewing time seems to elapse almost before it has begun
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Kim Chandler, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026
Hair follicle testing confirmed exposure to sedative-hypnotic drugs, but surveillance footage was destroyed after the hotel’s 30-day retention period elapsed before her preservation request could be honored.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 June 2026
Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2026
Forty-four seconds elapse between the ball going out of play off Kadioglu and Cristhian Mosquera taking the goal kick.
—Stuart James, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
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Verb
During the state’s last execution by nitrogen gas, 30 minutes elapsed between Anthony Boyd exhibiting signs of being impacted by the gas and state officials closing the curtain to the viewing room to signal the execution was complete.
—Kim Chandler, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026
Hair follicle testing confirmed exposure to sedative-hypnotic drugs, but surveillance footage was destroyed after the hotel’s 30-day retention period elapsed before her preservation request could be honored.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 June 2026
Noun
But the argument of the play doesn’t so much build as elapse.
—Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2026
Forty-four seconds elapse between the ball going out of play off Kadioglu and Cristhian Mosquera taking the goal kick.
—Stuart James, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
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“Elapse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/elapse. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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