How to Use elapse in a Sentence
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When the film picks up, a decade and a half has elapsed.
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Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
4 May 2026
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Many days elapsed before Charles could watch the clips back.
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Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
11 Aug. 2025
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That means about six months will elapse between a test and a result.
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Tom Jackman,
Washington Post,
8 July 2020
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When that time elapses, items must be removed form the street.
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Matt Schooley,
CBS News,
22 Feb. 2026
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When the time fully elapsed, Ken asked Alex to share his guess.
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Adrianna Freedman,
Good Housekeeping,
12 July 2023
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Less than six minutes had elapsed by the time the Kings fell behind.
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Jack Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Oct. 2019
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In the end, 20 months would elapse before Hegerberg played again.
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New York Times,
23 Mar. 2022
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Enough time has elapsed, so who was the editor, and what was the advance?
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The New Yorker,
1 July 2019
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The time elapsed from the first shot to last were all under 11 minutes.
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Manuel Canales,
Washington Post,
27 Mar. 2023
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The game was knotted at 8-8 with three minutes elapsed.
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The Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
21 Nov. 2025
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But your chargeback would have been a nonstarter because of the length of time elapsed.
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Christopher Elliott,
Mercury News,
19 Sep. 2025
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In those four passes, maybe 20 seconds elapsed.
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Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Apr. 2026
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The wearer can set the alarm based on the number of hours that should elapse before the alarm rings.
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Carol Besler,
Robb Report,
22 Apr. 2022
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But every day that has elapsed since the end of the trip — nine days ago — has made that more difficult.
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Ellen Barry,
New York Times,
2 Mar. 2020
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Five meetings and nine months had elapsed since the Fed last cut interest rates.
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Max Zahn,
ABC News,
25 Sep. 2025
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Let more time elapse, and if her distancing continues, talk to her about it then.
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Abigail Van Buren,
oregonlive,
2 July 2022
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Given how much time had elapsed, an offer of Groupon Bucks seems fair.
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Christopher Elliott,
Mercury News,
19 Sep. 2025
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But 15 days must elapse before he can be restored to the big league roster.
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Creg Stephenson | [email protected],
al,
11 Oct. 2022
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Others may choose to track the time elapsed from when a commit is initially logged to when it is merged.
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Valentin Buzea,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2023
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When his 120-day term elapsed, judges in the district declined to keep him in the post.
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Michael Hill,
Fortune,
4 Dec. 2025
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Another year elapsed before the Yellen Fed raised the funds rate again.
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Alan S. Blinder,
WSJ,
10 Sep. 2018
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Georgetown broke to an 11-2 lead before four minutes had elapsed.
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David Woods,
Indianapolis Star,
15 Feb. 2020
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This measures the average amount of time elapsed from the time of the snap to throw on every pass attempt.
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BostonGlobe.com,
4 Dec. 2019
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The Hawks struck quickly, taking a lead with barely two minutes elapsed in the game.
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Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
28 Nov. 2019
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Eight months have elapsed since the Fed last adjusted interest rates.
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Max Zahn,
ABC News,
22 Aug. 2025
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Once the appropriate time has elapsed, rinse the mask out thoroughly.
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Giulia Lenzi,
Vogue,
8 June 2026
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Astronomers know, however, that the time lying ahead is at least as long as the time that has elapsed up until now.
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Alan Lightman
september 12,
Literary Hub,
12 Sep. 2025
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Also, how much time had to elapse between the balloon landing and the actual tip-off of the game?
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Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
21 Mar. 2022
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Not even a single day elapsed between their arrival and the mass murder of local Jews.
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Kathryn Schulz,
The New Yorker,
18 Dec. 2023
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The expired contract’s holdover language would have elapsed on March 31.
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Chase Rogers,
Dallas Morning News,
25 Feb. 2026
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The prospect of thanking you and your father for your help may seem like a daunting task that only grows more daunting the more time elapses.
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Eric Thomas,
Sun Sentinel,
23 Aug. 2024
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Had Smith allowed one more second to elapse, the fight would have gone the distance and the judges would have been called into action.
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Simon Head,
Newsweek,
12 Jan. 2025
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As months elapse and summer turns into fall, the group just lets Ben lie on the ground in complete psychic and physical misery.
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Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
14 Mar. 2025
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The 17 hours that elapse between check-in and check-out will be spent doing any number of activities laid out in the listing.
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Charlie Hobbs,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 Aug. 2023
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Ukraine, for obvious reasons, will let a treaty elapse this year that had allowed Russia to pump gas across its territory.
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Max Bearak Hilary Swift,
New York Times,
31 May 2024
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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.
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Julie Carr Smyth,
The Enquirer,
30 Jan. 2024
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From the moment the algorithms set to work detecting their targets until these targets are prosecuted — a term of art in the field — no more than two or three minutes elapse.
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Bruno Maçães,
Time,
10 July 2023
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Release Date MacRumors says that when its source comes up with the build number, only a week elapses before the general release.
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David Phelan,
Forbes,
28 Dec. 2024
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Eitan may never be freed if the Israeli government, under pressure from its right-wing base, renews its efforts to defeat Hamas once those six weeks elapse.
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Patrick Kingsley,
New York Times,
21 Jan. 2025
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More than 25 seconds elapse between the final Palestinian rocket and the hospital explosion.
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Christoph Koettl,
New York Times,
22 Oct. 2023
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But several minutes elapse before officers attempt to deliver oxygen or CPR.
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Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Mar. 2023
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