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lapse

[laps] / læps /






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Policyholders like your husband must then either let the policy lapse or to continue coverage at a significantly higher cost.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

During that funding lapse, there was no CPI data collected in October, which meant that BLS staff penciled in a zero for that month’s housing inflation.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

Redick angrily called a timeout with 6:28 remaining in the game after a defensive lapse with the Lakers leading by 19.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2026

A lapse in judgment has sent the previously infallible industry visionary, with Agnes in tow, into self-imposed, self-described exile on Maui, where the Hopkinses have built a showstopper of a house.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

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

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath




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