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to come to an end
the contract will lapse at the end of the year unless we renew
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Recent Examples of lapsed
Mike Snider, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2025
So start small: Automate a grant application or reengage lapsed donors.
—Scott Brighton, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2026
Two groups of opponents re-filed separate impeachment complaints against her on Monday after the one-year prohibition period lapsed.
—Jim Gomez The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 5 Feb. 2026
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Adjective
This summer, McDonald's has leaned into new and limited-time menu items, as a move to attract more customers – returnees, as well as new and lapsed ones.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2025
So start small: Automate a grant application or reengage lapsed donors.
—Scott Brighton, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Verb
Even as the extension to the CBA lapsed and the normal offseason calendar was set to begin with the qualifying offers and core designations, there had been no progress toward scheduling new meetings or offering meaningful amendments to the existing proposals.
—Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2026
Two groups of opponents re-filed separate impeachment complaints against her on Monday after the one-year prohibition period lapsed.
—Jim Gomez The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 5 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lapsed
Adjective
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Democrats are hoping to make the expired subsidies an issue in the midterms, after bipartisan talks to revive them faltered.—
Morgan Chalfant,
semafor.com,
12 Mar. 2026
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Charles had an expired certification necessary to drive a bus at the time of the accident, the family’s lawsuit states, which was known to Transdev.—
Grace Zokovitch,
Boston Herald,
4 Mar. 2026
Verb
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These signals intensified recently when Kast abruptly ended the transition process after a clash with outgoing Boric over a project to install a submarine cable to connect Chile and China.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
12 Mar. 2026
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Voting for the Oscars ended March 5, possibly giving members of the academy just enough time to reconsider the slate of nominees.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Damaged or defunct spacecraft also pose a growing problem.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Mar. 2026
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The first one being Bruce Lee, who once had a martial arts studio in an unmarked building (which Joe found using a now-defunct History Channel app).—
Xuan Juliana Wang,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The threat of Iranian missile and drone attacks has all but stopped tankers carrying oil and gas from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Qatar, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Iran from traveling through the strait, which is bordered in the north by Iran.—
Alex Veiga,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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However, access stopped after airstrikes hit Iran’s major nuclear facilities at Fordow and Natanz.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The Tulum features a dainty pearl trim along its cross-over straps and flows into a slingback strap.—
Jaden Thompson,
Footwear News,
28 Jan. 2026
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Here's everything to know about the members' lives in the over 30 years since the group formed.—
Adam England,
PEOPLE,
18 Dec. 2025
Verb
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The airline ceased operations after filing for bankruptcy in 2014.—
Alexandra Skores,
CNN Money,
10 Mar. 2026
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When the Van Allen Probes ceased operations in 2019, NASA initially predicted the satellites would re-enter Earth's atmosphere in 2034.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
10 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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If a data center is shut down and the building is set to become something else, the data center’s owner would be required to remove all obsolete equipment like chillers and generators from the site.—
R. Christian Smith,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026
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The cars are new, the engines are new, the rules are new, and the pecking order that Lando Norris mastered last season may already be obsolete.—
The Athletic,
New York Times,
5 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The intelligence assessment concluded that no one powerful or unified opposition coalition was poised to take over in Iran if the leadership was killed, according to the people familiar with the report.—
Michelle L. Price,
Fortune,
9 Mar. 2026
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The state’s highest criminal court concluded the evidence showed not only that Mejia did not commit the crime, but that no crime occurred at all.—
Austin Sanders,
Austin American Statesman,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Lapsed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lapsed. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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