elapse

IPA: ɪɫˈæps

Examples of "elapse" in Sentences

Mike, so about what kind of elapse of time are we talking about?
If the incumbent doesn't act, a year or more could elapse before the new CEO is ready to do so.
World oil prices had settled down from the 1973 embargo, and two years would elapse before all hell broke loose again.
Another 10 months must elapse before the SNP annexes Perth for its national conference, but already the clock is ticking.
In addition, a certain time must elapse from the injection of the serum until its antitoxic and healing activity in the affected parts of the body can develop.
Less than fifteen minutes would elapse in her world but it would give the infusion band time to work with her meal pills, ensuring her body was in prime health and not deficient of any nutrients.
That's why ideologues will spin and push hard now for political changes lest another decade elapse and true data show that the conclusion of human input being a decisive factor is scientifically unsupported.
From a practical standpoint, Republicans can simply wait out the Congressional moratorium which has to be renewed every year and let it elapse, meaning that they would then be able to deliver leases to oil and gas companies allowing for exploration as close as 3 miles from the shoreline.