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lapsed

adjective as in past

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In the Russian military, many of the enlisted foreigners came to Russia first as students, but their visas lapsed and they do not want to return home.

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

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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.

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

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