as in to expire
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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Watch on Deadline The targets elapsed in March 2024 and the BBC has spent the past six months forging recommendations for the next three years with the Sir Lenny Henry Centre for Media Diversity.
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Max Goldbart, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2024
In one, Vance just wouldn’t stop talking over an instruction to stop (time elapsed), and in the other, both candidates refused to give way.
—Eli Amdur, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
The lights will remain green until there's 15 seconds left, in which the lights will turn yellow for five seconds and start flashing red five seconds after that, then change to solid red when the time has elapsed.
—John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Sep. 2024
The lights will remain green until there's 15 seconds left, turn yellow until five seconds, start flashing red at five seconds, and then change to solid red when the time has elapsed.
—Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 30 Sep. 2024
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Max Goldbart, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2024
In one, Vance just wouldn’t stop talking over an instruction to stop (time elapsed), and in the other, both candidates refused to give way.
—Eli Amdur, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
The lights will remain green until there's 15 seconds left, in which the lights will turn yellow for five seconds and start flashing red five seconds after that, then change to solid red when the time has elapsed.
—John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Sep. 2024
The lights will remain green until there's 15 seconds left, turn yellow until five seconds, start flashing red at five seconds, and then change to solid red when the time has elapsed.
—Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 30 Sep. 2024
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After that expired, the Rangers signed him to a two-year deal.Sam Blum, The Athletic, 11 Dec. 2024
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The investment firm said Centene could be hurt by expiring federal health-care subsidies and tighter government oversight, given its exposure to Affordable Care Act exchanges.Pia Singh, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2024
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An elevator stops on all four floors, and as designed, there will be three and potentially four bedrooms and a total of four bathrooms, plus a powder room just inside the front door.Mark David, Robb Report, 13 Dec. 2024
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Some Broad Ripple Starbucks lovers woke up to a surprise Thursday morning while stopping to grab a cup of Joe.Alysa Guffey, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Dec. 2024
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So, out of the 24, how did those teams end their seasons?Michael Salfino, The Athletic, 12 Dec. 2024
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Before ending his bid, Gaetz’s odds never reached the 11%-12% bottom that Hegseth saw last week.Peter Cordi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 11 Dec. 2024
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The technical psychiatry and neurobiology of later times necessarily lacked Valéry’s poetry, and the poets themselves could never make good on his scientism without ceasing to write poetry.Benjamin Kunkel, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
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Last week, a panel of three judges upheld the law's constitutionality, leaving TikTok and ByteDance warning that the app could cease operations in the U.S. as soon as Jan. 19, 2025, if the decision stands.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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Research by the Korn Ferry Institute concluded that Springboard entrepreneurs possess agile learning skills that distinguish them from successful corporate executives.Geri Stengel, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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Sign up By combining data from both studies, it was concluded that early humans and Neanderthals reached their peak interbreeding period around 47,000 years ago.Justin Klawans, The Week US, theweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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Mitsubishi Mirage Mitsubishi previously announced plans to halt production for the Mirage, a compact hatchback, for the U.S. market late this year.Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
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The decision to halt the legislation — at least temporarily — was reached by top executive, legislative and judiciary bodies, Dabiri also said.Amir Vahdat and Nasser Karimi, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
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Congressional leaders are racing to finalize a government spending proposal as they near the end of negotiations just days before federal funding is set to lapse on Dec. 20.Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 13 Dec. 2024
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The Biden administration did allow TPS to lapse for Venezuelans after two years in October, however.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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Georgia would become the 26th state to enact laws about transgender participation in women’s sports if the Legislature passes the committee’s recommendations.Kim Jarrett | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 13 Dec. 2024
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Army intercepted six Navy passes but missed three early field goal attempts.Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Elapse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elapse. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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