How to Use elapsed time in a Sentence

elapsed time

noun

• If the trap speed had been in line with Dodge’s claimed 131 mph, then the elapsed time would’ve been, too.
  — Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics, 13 Nov. 2018
• There was no criminal case because of the elapsed time.
  — Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2019
• The method that finds the shorter half-life counts the number of neutrons in a bottle after an elapsed time.
  — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 9 Aug. 2018
• The driver must use the throttle with precision, steer accurately and shift at the correct intervals to record a good elapsed time and top speed.
  — Paul Stenquist, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2018
• Instead of a generic display for infinite data and apps, the face displays speed, distance, ascent, and elapsed time.
  — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 25 Oct. 2017
• All told, the sequence from Moreno’s pass deep in Mexico’s own end to Chicharito’s goal has involved five players, four passes, and just 11 seconds of elapsed time.
  — Grant Wahl, SI.com, 3 May 2018
• Battiston, in second e-mail said the total elapsed time was about 10 minutes duration.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2019
• This watch’s ability to record elapsed time, even without a dial, might inspire another Marcel Proust.
  — Michael Clerizo, WSJ, 18 Dec. 2017
• Although no explicit link has yet been drawn between temporal organization and grid cells, scientists have seen hints of a connection: Grid cells signal elapsed time in rats running on treadmills, for instance.
  — Quanta Magazine, 14 Jan. 2019

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