elapsed

past tense of elapse

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of elapsed Average goal value comes alongside that, which is calculated with the percentage of time elapsed within the game and the type of game state-changing goal scored. Art De Roché, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026 This week, a sixty-day deadline for the United States and Iran to resolve larger differences—set in June as part of an earlier memorandum of understanding—elapsed with little fanfare. Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2026 Another 12-plus hours elapsed until Reed received the official notice to evacuate. Jen Guadarrama, IndyStar, 20 Aug. 2026 With over 70% of the regular season elapsed, the Dream will look to make their playoff push. Lauren Williams, AJC.com, 11 Aug. 2026 The prototypical obituary subject lived to be 81, which meant 44 years had elapsed between the accomplishment and, in the cases of the many obscure and quirky characters, their public aggrandizement. Sam Roberts, Longreads, 11 Aug. 2026 Because so much time has elapsed since Disney last covered the Super Bowl, the company wasn’t burdened by the same degree of obligations to incumbent sponsors that CBS, Fox and NBC face. Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 5 Aug. 2026 Several seconds elapsed before the Baltimore fielders headed back to the dugout. ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026 Five years have elapsed since Shannon Lay’s last album of original songs, and in the interim, the Los Angeles musician has been studying the proverbial blade. Linnie Greene, Pitchfork, 29 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for elapsed
Verb
  • Of 16 such proposals, the complaint states, nine were rejected June 30 — the same day the agreement expired.
    Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Then came Underwood-to-Buchanan, a stunning victory and thousands of Wolverines fans rushing the field as time — finally — expired.
    Austin Meek, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • United ended their four-season sleeve sponsorship with DXC Technology in August, with the team instead wearing the standard Premier League sleeve patches, as required by league regulations, for the opening games.
    Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Disagreements over how to resolve the problem created a political crisis that ended an alliance between leading figures in the government that came to power in 2024.
    Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 7 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The first leg was stopped after Vinicius Junior said he had been racially abused by Benfica’s Gianluca Prestianni, who denied the allegation.
    Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • British driver Ollie Millroy thanked rival Loek Hartog for saving his life after the Dutch racer stopped and pulled him from a burning Ferrari during a China GT Championship race in Shanghai on Saturday.
    Reuters, NBC news, 7 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • It’s long ceased to be a neighborhood that puts on airs, an attitude that liberates us all tonight.
    Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Under Minasian, who replaced Eppler after the 2020 season, even the high-profile moves ceased.
    Andy McCullough, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Some saw the other cheaters get away with it and concluded the prompt forbidding cheating had no teeth—that there wouldn’t be any punishment for cheating.
    Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Jurors concluded that if NFL teams competed with one another in broadcasting deals, fans would reap the benefits of that competition.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 8 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Public tours of the property were halted, owing to all the construction, but, before that, docents had noticed the President walking the grounds and slipping notes to gardeners and landscapers.
    Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026
  • An initial executive order Trump issued last year to change election rules, including a requirement for people to show documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote, was halted by federal judges.
    ABC News, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • And the Florida Legislature passed a 2018 law that required the county to sue landowners to prove customary use.
    Debbie Elliott, NPR, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Guests enjoyed dirty martinis, negronis, and grapefruit fizz while burger sliders and truffle toasties were passed around.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The body was then finished in an iridescent mother-of-pearl white, providing a suitably extravagant backdrop for the jewelry-like detailing.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Sabalenka finished off Tuesday's match with a second-serve ace to turn back the Wimbledon champion and reach the semifinals in Flushing Meadows for the sixth straight year.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2026

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“Elapsed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elapsed. Accessed 11 Sep. 2026.

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