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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Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2025
Maybe the Senate will eventually stand up to Trump; four years elapsed between McCarthy’s emergence and his censure.
—Kenneth Obel, Chicago Tribune, 23 Apr. 2025
A.a. Dowd, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2025
While the immediate crisis is still likely to be resolved soon, analysts said, another hurdle looms in March, when the cease-fire is set to elapse unless Hamas and Israel negotiate an extension.
—Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2025
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Verb
The group initially asked the government for a response by Saturday at 11:59 p.m. but has continued to collect signatures on the letter as that deadline has elapsed.
—Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2025
Maybe the Senate will eventually stand up to Trump; four years elapsed between McCarthy’s emergence and his censure.
—Kenneth Obel, Chicago Tribune, 23 Apr. 2025
Noun
Nearly an hour elapses before evil descends upon the saloon.
—A.a. Dowd, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2025
While the immediate crisis is still likely to be resolved soon, analysts said, another hurdle looms in March, when the cease-fire is set to elapse unless Hamas and Israel negotiate an extension.
—Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2025
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“Elapse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/elapse. Accessed 11 May. 2025.
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