Verb
in those coin-operated binoculars at scenic areas your viewing time seems to elapse almost before it has begun
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Verb
Five seconds had elapsed between the helicopter’s loss of control and the crash.—Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2024 About a minute and a half elapsed between the time Pullutasi and Poaquiza entered Franja Liquors and when Pullutasi was shot.—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 22 May 2024
Noun
Ukraine, for obvious reasons, will let a treaty elapse this year that had allowed Russia to pump gas across its territory.—Max Bearak Hilary Swift, New York Times, 31 May 2024 As time has passed, however, the governor has questioned the death penalty's value because of the long delays that elapse between crime and punishment.—Julie Carr Smyth, The Enquirer, 30 Jan. 2024 See all Example Sentences for elapse
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Word History
Etymology
Verb
Latin elapsus, past participle of elabi, from e- + labi to slip — more at sleep
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