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lapsed

adjective as in past

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He spoke in “a sort of Eastern European accent,” Starr testified, but lapsed at times into “other unidentified accents.”

If an "island" - as the creations are known - attracts new players, brings back lapsed fans or gets regular return visits, it will generate more money for its makers.

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That figure includes "lapsed" patients who have not attended their dentist for some time, and have fallen off the registration list.

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Like many lapsed Catholics, my relationship to the Church is complicated.

That other charity, the Arcadia Firefighters Foundation, is in “delinquent status” with the state attorney general’s office and also barred from accepting donations due to lapsed registration, according to publicly available filings.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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