lapse

Example Sentences

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Passengers were also waiting longer to pass security due to "staffing impacts" from a federal funding lapse, it said last week.

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026

But they’ve probably let their premiums against an energy crisis lapse without realizing it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

The original contract, which is set to lapse at the end of the month, was for about $90 million.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

The Texas Republican, who is married with six children, said the relationship with married staff member Regina Santos-Aviles, who died by suicide last year, was a "mistake" and a "lapse in judgement".

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

When she left I would simply lapse into the old blankness.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath