: having ceased to be active in practice, membership, or belief
a lapsed Catholic
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As a lapsed communist who still hates capitalism, in the early books Russell had to deal with something that seems worse than either — Hitler and his Nazis.
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Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
Twitter has been sued multiple times by landlords for lapsed rent.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 16 Jan. 2023
To read Stone’s memoir, co-written by Ben Greenman as the inaugural title of Questlove’s new book imprint, is to be pulled down into some inner circle of hell reserved for lapsed geniuses with impulse-control issues.
—Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2023
The filing comes as Hunter Biden may face additional indictments in Washington, D.C., or California, as prosecutors have indicated that additional charges over his lapsed tax payments from 2017 and 2018 may resurface again.
—Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner, 18 Sep. 2023
Or, to be more accurate, to his enduring status as a lapsed Catholic.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Sep. 2023
School resource officers from the Waukegan police department will be present at both Waukegan High School campuses when classes start Aug. 14 after Waukegan Community Unit School District 60 moved to avoid a lapsed contract.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2023
After the racial gap in unemployment was at its slimmest in months, an increase in unemployment among Black workers is causing some concern over lapsed progress for the Black labor force.
—Claretta Bellamy, NBC News, 6 June 2023
People with lapsed health care licenses can get temporary authorization to work under the state’s COVID-19 response plan, and people without medical backgrounds can help with hospital housekeeping, data entry or contact tracing, Shaw-Tulloch said, by signing up on a new website, VolunteerIdaho.com.
—From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2021
Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
Twitter has been sued multiple times by landlords for lapsed rent.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 16 Jan. 2023
To read Stone’s memoir, co-written by Ben Greenman as the inaugural title of Questlove’s new book imprint, is to be pulled down into some inner circle of hell reserved for lapsed geniuses with impulse-control issues.
—Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2023
The filing comes as Hunter Biden may face additional indictments in Washington, D.C., or California, as prosecutors have indicated that additional charges over his lapsed tax payments from 2017 and 2018 may resurface again.
—Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner, 18 Sep. 2023
Or, to be more accurate, to his enduring status as a lapsed Catholic.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Sep. 2023
School resource officers from the Waukegan police department will be present at both Waukegan High School campuses when classes start Aug. 14 after Waukegan Community Unit School District 60 moved to avoid a lapsed contract.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2023
After the racial gap in unemployment was at its slimmest in months, an increase in unemployment among Black workers is causing some concern over lapsed progress for the Black labor force.
—Claretta Bellamy, NBC News, 6 June 2023
People with lapsed health care licenses can get temporary authorization to work under the state’s COVID-19 response plan, and people without medical backgrounds can help with hospital housekeeping, data entry or contact tracing, Shaw-Tulloch said, by signing up on a new website, VolunteerIdaho.com.
—From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2021
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