elapse
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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 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 potholes and footprints created in the process “tend to stay for a long time,” she said, given that years may elapse before Lake Manly returns to the desert.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 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
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“The more time elapses, however, the more crucial Pickaxe mountain appears to Iran’s reconstitution effort.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
Disciplinary complaints against a lawyer actually have no statute of limitations, although the more time that elapses, the more difficult it will be to prove/investigate.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 2, 2026
Sources have told BBC Sport that Bournemouth want him to play against the Gunners and then Tottenham on Wednesday 7 January before the release mechanism in his deal elapses on 10 January.
From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2025
Unlike the GLP-1 hormone, which is rapidly metabolized by the body, semaglutide and similar medications have much longer half-lives, meaning the medication can build up inside the body if not enough time elapses between doses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2023
Anom′alous, irregular: deviating from rule.—Anomalistic year, the interval that elapses between two successive passages of the earth through its perihelion, or point of nearest approach to the sun = 365 days 6 hr.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
As time elapsed, Sand’s rate of production never slacked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
If two clubs transfer players in the same window after the 45 days have elapsed they could still be considered as swaps if there is anything in the contracts to connect them.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
IHR said Mohammadi had 20 days to appeal under the law but warned there had in the past been cases of people being executed before this period elapsed.
From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026
By the time the agents shoved me into that unmarked SUV, three minutes and 30 seconds had elapsed.
From Slate ● Jan. 23, 2026
More than ten days elapsed before I had again any conversation with her.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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So we’re within a month now of the time elapsing on us.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025
With years often elapsing between the incident and inquest, Alexander said inquests often open wounds and “re-traumatize” the families.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 15, 2023
Next year, though, that policy is elapsing, and at his age, Natiello's insurance premiums would spike if he decided to extend coverage.
From Reuters ● Jan. 31, 2023
“That time elapsing, in itself, really showed us our own shame.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2021
Hitherto their depredations had been comparatively far apart, considerable intervals elapsing between them, but now four raids occurred one after the other.
From The Night Riders A Romance of Early Montana by Ridgwell Cullum
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