as in expired
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as in stopped
to come to an end
the contract will lapse at the end of the year unless we renew
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Recent Examples of lapsed
Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 21 June 2024
The package would also extend a lapsed tax break for developers.
—Tim Balk, New York Daily News, 14 June 2024
As a lapsed communist who still hates capitalism, in the early books Russell had to deal with something that seems worse than either — Hitler and his Nazis.
—Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
Twitter has been sued multiple times by landlords for lapsed rent.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 16 Jan. 2023
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Loyalty programs Many retailers have begun resurfacing lapsed loyalty programs, bolstering existing ones or creating new ones in the past year or so.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 21 June 2024
The package would also extend a lapsed tax break for developers.
—Tim Balk, New York Daily News, 14 June 2024
As a lapsed communist who still hates capitalism, in the early books Russell had to deal with something that seems worse than either — Hitler and his Nazis.
—Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
Twitter has been sued multiple times by landlords for lapsed rent.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 16 Jan. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lapsed
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Each prepares eaters for the ultimate sour flavor, which has yet to be introduced, the Final Boss Sour, described as a jar of expired pickles.Richard Collings, Axios, 29 Oct. 2024
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King recommends going through your refrigerator to throw away any expired or rotten food before cleaning the inside with soap and hot water.Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2024
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But that hasn’t stopped the likes of Lego and Hasbro from pushing ahead.Andrew Webster, The Verge, 4 Oct. 2024
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According to the complaint, Roe stopped working for Brooks and moved to Mississippi around May 2021.Rachel DeSantis, People.com, 4 Oct. 2024
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The Browser Security pie slice reported phishing protection enabled in Chrome, Edge, and the defunct Internet Explorer, and also noted Bitdefender’s phishing protection as enabled.PCMAG, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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Four titles from the defunct—but clearly still hugely popular—band have debuted on the chart in the past few months, and all but one of them have landed inside the top 10.Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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The labor market ended a monthslong slowdown, rebuking any lingering concern about an imminent recession and easing pressure on the Federal Reserve to stimulate the economy with rapid-fire interest rate cuts, experts said.Max Zahn, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2024
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Enterprises drove sequential revenue growth for the company in the quarter that ended July 28, and Nvidia is working the most with Fortune 100 companies on AI initiatives, Kress said.Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
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Today’s work culture has an over reliance on manual information-sharing and a lack of documentation.Anu Bharadwaj, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2024
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Moore came in behind the clear-out from the opposite side on an over route and was wide open in a confused Carolina secondary for an easy touchdown to tie the score at 7-7.Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 7 Oct. 2024
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Earlier this year, the company abruptly ceased operations at its Jacksonville, Florida, facility and began working to set up the assembly plant in Ontario to assemble commercial electric delivery vans and trucks.Pat Maio, Orange County Register, 16 Nov. 2024
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The company has identified material weaknesses in its internal control over financial reporting and has ceased its remediation plan due to the pending merger.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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General and administrative expenses increased to $12.9 million from $11.9 million, primarily due to costs from the company's bi-annual national summit and obsolete inventory expenses.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 7 Nov. 2024
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However, this rapid transformation also stirs anxiety, with employees worrying their jobs may become obsolete.Cory McNeley, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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The feature, which concluded Trier’s trilogy, was also up for Best International Feature.Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 4 Oct. 2024
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North and South Korea have been cut off from each other since the end of the Korean War in 1953, which concluded with an armistice not a peace treaty, leaving the two sides still technically at war.Yoonjung Seo, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Lapsed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lapsed. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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