elapsed; elapsing
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Verb
in those coin-operated binoculars at scenic areas your viewing time seems to elapse almost before it has begun
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Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
Only three years elapsed between Batman Begins (the first of director Christopher Nolan and star Christian Bale's DC trilogy) and The Dark Knight.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 30 Dec. 2024
David Phelan, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
How a Texas artist inspired by LeAnn Rimes with vocal chops comparable to the likes of Carrie Underwood then saw 10 years elapse before her debut album dropped is astonishing.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 29 Mar. 2024
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Verb
Exactly 29 seconds elapsed from Pino busting down the door to shooting Richard, prosecutors noted.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
Only three years elapsed between Batman Begins (the first of director Christopher Nolan and star Christian Bale's DC trilogy) and The Dark Knight.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 30 Dec. 2024
Noun
Release Date MacRumors says that when its source comes up with the build number, only a week elapses before the general release.
—David Phelan, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
How a Texas artist inspired by LeAnn Rimes with vocal chops comparable to the likes of Carrie Underwood then saw 10 years elapse before her debut album dropped is astonishing.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 29 Mar. 2024
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“Elapse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/elapse. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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