elapsed

verb

past tense of elapse
as in expired
to come to an end in those coin-operated binoculars at scenic areas your viewing time seems to elapse almost before it has begun

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Recent Examples of elapsed Because so much time has elapsed since Disney last covered the Super Bowl, the company wasn’t burdened by the same degree of obligations to incumbent sponsors that CBS, Fox and NBC face. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 5 Aug. 2026 Several seconds elapsed before the Baltimore fielders headed back to the dugout. — ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026 Five years have elapsed since Shannon Lay’s last album of original songs, and in the interim, the Los Angeles musician has been studying the proverbial blade. — Linnie Greene, Pitchfork, 29 July 2026 These nights generally elapsed with all the passengers sitting upright, trying to avoid one another’s gaze in the strange intimacy of the little cubicle. — Literary Hub, 28 July 2026 How long had elapsed between getting that email and sitting down and writing this song with that in mind? — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2026 Meanwhile, the prior 10% levy that elapsed on Friday came with a time limit. — Paul Wiseman, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026 After that time has elapsed, move the strawberries to a colander. — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 17 July 2026 The Post confirmed that in each of the five spots, five hours or more had elapsed between when adjacent sections were sprayed. — Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 16 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for elapsed
  1. expired
  2. ended
  3. stopped
  4. ceased
  5. concluded
  6. halted
  7. passed
  8. finished
Verb
  • This means a skeptic who fought the crowd by sitting out the exuberant, bear-gutting rally of late-2020 to late-2021 was redeemed and granted an allotment of bragging rights (which expired almost immediately).
    — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Reuters reported that the number of shares available for public trading more than doubled after the first lock-up restriction expired.
    — Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of expired
Verb
  • Brent crude futures ended last week down more than 7% following signals from Washington that an agreement with Tehran to unblock the vital maritime chokepoint was in sight.
    — Jenni Reid, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Edge rusher Jonathan Greenard is now in Philly, and he was replaced by third-year Dallas Turner, who ended 2025 on a high.
    — Jacob Robinson, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of ended
Verb
  • Two national restaurant chains, Chipotle Mexican Grill and QDOBA, which had received peppers from Coast Citrus Distributors, stopped serving the jalapeños.
    — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Both restaurants stopped using them, while Coast Citrus recalled the remaining product and notified customers.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of stopped
Verb
  • The National Labor Reform Party collapsed, Davis ended up with exactly one electoral vote, and the National Labor Union ceased to exist after 1873.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Studies suggest Imperial Japan’s sardine catch declined drastically and even ceased during the early 1940s, constraining the empire’s military power relying on fisheries resources.
    — Pei-Hsu Lin, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of ceased
Verb
  • The incident came one day after the DEF CON security conference concluded in Las Vegas, and was first described on social media accounts that follow publicly available air-to-ground messages, known as ACARS.
    — Cyrus Farivar, ArsTechnica, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The South Korean government investigation concluded that this was an institutional problem – mostly handled by one employee but done with the organization’s approval.
    — Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of concluded
Verb
  • Colorado finished with five hits and had its three-game winning streak halted.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
  • In a biannual appropriations committee hearing, bills added to the suspense file during the Legislative session are permitted to move to the Senate or Assembly floor or are quietly halted.
    — Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of halted
Verb
  • The ban has been in place long enough that an entire cohort of girls has passed through adolescence without stepping foot in a secondary school classroom.
    — Kara Fox, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Castillo’s bill passed unanimously in the Assembly earlier this year and sailed through the Senate Judiciary Committee in June with bipartisan support.
    — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of passed
Verb
  • Taylor Ruck swam the freestyle leg for Canada and picked up her third bronze of the night, having previously finished third in the 50-meter butterfly and 100-meter backstroke.
    — Peter Baugh, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Freeman stayed in the game and finished the top of the eighth, but Tommy Edman pinch hit for him in the bottom of the inning before Los Angeles closed out a 4-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals, its fourth in five games.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of finished

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