lapse
Example Sentences
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Aaron Hickey – Lapse in concentration early on almost cost Scotland dear, but one vital intervention to deny Ruben Providence.
From BBC • Jun. 14, 2026
Much like Dispo, Lapse encourages people to take pictures the way they did in the analog days, when disposal cameras were all the rage.
From New York Times • Oct. 31, 2023
As it braced for a potential shutdown, DHS issued a 46-page document titled “Procedures Relating to a Lapse in Appropriations.”
From Washington Post • Feb. 27, 2015
They put out an album of new material, “Momentary Lapse of Reason” and toured to support it.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 5, 2014
Lapse of time and change of fashion seem not to tend at all toward making “Gil Blas” obsolete.
From French Classics by Wilkinson, William Cleaver
Vocabulary lists containing lapse
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 1
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List 4
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"The Landlady" by Roald Dahl
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