as in expired
to come to an end
in those coin-operated binoculars at scenic areas your viewing time seems to elapse almost before it has begun
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Recent Examples of elapsed
Newsom signed their bills on Monday evening, hours before a deadline requiring him to sign or veto legislation elapsed.
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Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2025
After only about a month has elapsed, nearly all of the humans that once existed on Earth have died.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 7 Oct. 2025
That window has elapsed, with the Mets now perennially among the game’s top spenders with a $340 million payroll to no avail.
—The Athletic Mlb Staff, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Five meetings and nine months had elapsed since the Fed last cut interest rates.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 25 Sep. 2025
But your chargeback would have been a nonstarter because of the length of time elapsed.
—Christopher Elliott, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
Astronomers know, however, that the time lying ahead is at least as long as the time that has elapsed up until now.
—Alan Lightman
september 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
Never mind that but for a very few seasons (1960 and 2007 in particular) when both programs were thriving at the same time, the ferocious rivalry steeped in Civil War roots (just 26 years had elapsed since) typically was of little consequence beyond the participants and their fans.
—Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2025
Between February 25 and March 12, a 16-day period elapsed without any homicides being committed.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2025
After only about a month has elapsed, nearly all of the humans that once existed on Earth have died.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 7 Oct. 2025
That window has elapsed, with the Mets now perennially among the game’s top spenders with a $340 million payroll to no avail.
—The Athletic Mlb Staff, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Five meetings and nine months had elapsed since the Fed last cut interest rates.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 25 Sep. 2025
But your chargeback would have been a nonstarter because of the length of time elapsed.
—Christopher Elliott, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
Astronomers know, however, that the time lying ahead is at least as long as the time that has elapsed up until now.
—Alan Lightman
september 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
Never mind that but for a very few seasons (1960 and 2007 in particular) when both programs were thriving at the same time, the ferocious rivalry steeped in Civil War roots (just 26 years had elapsed since) typically was of little consequence beyond the participants and their fans.
—Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2025
Between February 25 and March 12, a 16-day period elapsed without any homicides being committed.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for elapsed
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According to Henry Ford Health, there was a clause in the Teamsters contract that expired in August 2025 that tied union members’ pay to the number of nurses working on a unit each day.—
Lauren Giella,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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Tennessee state records show one of those men was denied a private security license, another's expired in 2020 and a third wasn't listed in the database.—
Kirsten Fiscus,
Nashville Tennessean,
24 Oct. 2025
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As part of that process, Netflix stopped disclosing its subscribers at the end of last year.—
Fortune Editors,
Fortune,
22 Oct. 2025
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Weekly updates from the more specific FluView have stopped, as have summary reports from RESP-NET that tracks hospitalizations for Covid-19, flu and RSV from a network of hospitals across the country.—
Deidre McPhillips,
CNN Money,
22 Oct. 2025
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Portland, meanwhile, overcame slipping into the wild-card round with a heavy defeat in the regular-season finale and bounced back with a 3-1 win of its own that ended Real Salt Lake’s season.—
Avi Creditor,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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Its protagonist—unnamed, like those in Pond and Checkout 19—is a writer who has recently ended a doomed affair with an older man, Xavier.—
Rhian Sasseen,
The Atlantic,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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After building a little over 200 cars, TVR ceased production and hasn’t ever quite gotten going again.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
28 Oct. 2025
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Their tactics had long ceased to surprise me.—
Snigdha Poonam,
The Dial,
28 Oct. 2025
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Research is ongoing and is being headed by the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) and directed by Manuel Pérez Rivas, a press release concluded.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Oct. 2025
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The delicate investigation at the site of the plant has concluded, but determining a cause could take months more, said Brice McCracken, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ special agent in charge at the National Center for Explosives Training and Research.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Hegseth also warned that such strikes would continue until those trying to smuggle drugs into the United States halted their operations.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
23 Oct. 2025
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A number of America's top employers have halted their sponsorship of H-1B visas for certain roles.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The charter amendment, if passed, would scale back the current requirements by allowing the five-member City Commission to approve the sale of valuable city land, at market value, through a four-fifths vote in lieu of three bids.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
22 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile, North Carolina has passed a bill known as Iryna' Law to try to change pretrial release conditions for people charged with violent offenses.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The spokesperson said that an immigration judge had terminated his permanent resident status and ordered his removal on June 23, 2022, citing fraud and willful misrepresentation.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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All of those programs were eventually terminated, taking away almost a third of Helen Keller’s overall revenue.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Elapsed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elapsed. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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