elapse
Example Sentences
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You may even die before those nearly two decades elapse, so you would have lost out on all that extra loot.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
But the argument of the play doesn’t so much build as elapse.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026
But the repercussions will reverberate for some time: at least 12 months must elapse from the last case to regain the important fever-free status.
From Barron's • Dec. 2, 2025
"It therefore seems likely that many years will elapse before any such Crispr-based therapy becomes routine - even assuming that it can be shown to be effective."
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2024
The principle had been discovered; but many, many years were to elapse before that principle was usefully applied.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
Vocabulary lists containing elapse
A Doll's House
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"The Math Instinct," Vocabulary from the math essay
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Beowulf: A New Telling
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