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Examples of elapse in a Sentence
in those coin-operated binoculars at scenic areas your viewing time seems to elapse almost before it has begun
Recent Examples of elapse from the Web
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In the absence of library board meeting minutes, which the library’s longtime director was not immediately able to find, the Daily Southtown could not independently verify the amount of time that had elapsed since the board last existed.
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Before four minutes had elapsed, the Warriors led 13-3 and Curry had nine.
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Trochesset was responding to uncertainty about why 30 minutes elapsed before the teen was taken into custody on Friday morning.
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The decision is coming hours before temporary exemptions were due to elapse at 12:01 a.m. in Washington on Friday.
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Green was asked to make the switch halfway through training camp, after an entire offseason had elapsed and the time for teaching had passed.
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So Ayrault calmly dribbled toward the key, waited for more time to elapse and became aggressive again by driving hard to the basket, ultimately being fouled hard to the floor with 4.1 seconds remaining.
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The old contract was set to elapse in September of this year.
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Nearly eight months elapsed before Powell’s successor was confirmed.
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Origin and Etymology of elapse
elapse Synonyms
Synonyms
break off, break up, cease, close, conclude, dead-end, determine, die, discontinue, end, expire, finish, go, halt, lapse, leave off, let up, pass, quit, stop, terminate, wind up, wink (out);
Phrases
bite the dust;
First Known Use of elapse
circa 1677
ELAPSE Defined for English Language Learners
ELAPSE Defined for Kids
verb
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i-ˈlaps
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Definition of elapse for Students
elapsed;
elapsing
: to slip past : go by
- Nearly a year elapsed before his return.
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