How to Use lapse in a Sentence

lapse

1 of 2 noun
Definition of lapsenext
Synonyms for lapsenext
  • He blamed the error on a minor mental lapse.
  • That could be seen as a lapse in his performance, but come on.
    — Mike Hale, New York Times, 17 July 2023
  • None have met that target, and the agreement lapses in 2025.
    — Bianca Nogrady, WIRED, 15 Aug. 2023
  • The film shows the lapse in time, from the rush of deep powder in the depths of winter to the pinnacle terrain of Alaska in the spring.
    — Dakota Kim, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2023
  • San Diego Wave coach Casey Stoney said the team’s first-half lapses were too much to overcome.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2023
  • The timeline aims to give the chamber enough time to work with the House to avoid a lapse in government funding.
    — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The glaring special-teams lapse was one of three Sunday.
    — Dallas News, 8 Jan. 2023
  • Having a lapse shouldn't be viewed as a failure or used as an excuse to give up.
    — Ian Hamilton, CBS News, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Their mental lapses since the All-Star break may have cost them the No. 1 seed, but they can’t be concerned with that now.
    — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Mar. 2023
  • There is a lot of hearsay in this letter and a 25-year lapse in collection efforts seems odd.
    — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 15 Apr. 2023
  • The lapse allowed the threat actor to maintain access to the service account for more than two weeks.
    — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 3 Nov. 2023
  • But a large share of the disdain for the court stems from its blatant ethical lapses.
    — Norman J. Ornstein, The New Republic, 11 Sep. 2023
  • More agencies would see their funding lapse if a bill is not signed into law by Feb. 2.
    — Jordan Fabian, Bloomberg.com, 10 Jan. 2024
  • But road lapses at Tennessee and at LSU helped sink the season.
    — Nick Alvarez | [email protected], al, 26 Aug. 2023
  • But a lapse in discipline by Leon Draisaitl cost the Oilers.
    — Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Hardman can be forgiven for the lapse after a season that must have seemed like a fever dream.
    — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The lapse will limit the program’s ability to borrow from the U.S. Treasury to pay out claims after a flood.
    — Denise Chow, NBC News, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Despite all your research and planning, there can be a lapse of judgment.
    — Expert Panel, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Passage of the bill, just hours ahead of Saturday’s 12:01 a.m. shutdown deadline, set off a sprint in the Senate to avert a lapse in funding.
    — Catie Edmondson, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Defensive lapses and mistakes had allowed the Bulldogs easy looks at the basket much of the night.
    — Alexis Cubit, The Courier-Journal, 19 Mar. 2023
  • The game was tied at halftime at 34 largely due to defensive lapses by Texas.
    — Mark Rosner, ajc, 18 Feb. 2023
  • Further, each training lapse is cause for a Form 483 if found during an audit.
    — Matt Lowe, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • The lapses in enforcement have not been limited to Philips.
    — Debbie Cenziper, ProPublica, 7 Dec. 2023
  • In a concurrent opinion, one of the judges raised potential ethical lapses by Winker in the case.
    — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2024
  • But that sense of defeat is only a momentary lapse before a fiery comeback.
    — Vasco Cotovio, CNN, 1 Feb. 2023
  • But a quiet night from their offense and late bullpen lapse produced a too-familiar result.
    — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Lines securing a ballast to the vessel are designed to come apart after 24 hours lapse, Newman told the outlet.
    — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 22 June 2023
  • In another lapse of logic, the climate system's controls are split by the radio.
    — Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 24 Apr. 2023
  • The lapses since the last albums by either of these parties has not done anything to diminish the mass public appreciation of, and hunger for repeat appearances from, Lennox and Wendy and Lisa.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 10 Mar. 2024
  • In an interview with the Journal Sentinel, Evergreen executives said the July 4 incident, although tragic, was not a lapse on the part of management.
    — Journal Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2024
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lapse

2 of 2 verb
  • He forgot to renew his driver's license, so it lapsed.
  • After a few polite words the conversation lapsed.
  • She allowed the magazine subscription to lapse.
  • She didn't pay the premium and her life insurance policy lapsed.
  • Her interest in politics lapsed while she was in medical school.
  • The rights to the music were about to lapse, for Paramount, which had the movie at the time.
    — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2023
  • But now cities are starting to allow the fee caps to lapse.
    — Michelle Cheng, Quartz, 13 Feb. 2023
  • The House passed the measure less than 12 hours before funding was set to lapse.
    — Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2022
  • But borrowers could soon be on the hook again, with the moratorium set to lapse at the end of the month.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2022
  • And promises do not lapse simply because the promisee has died.
    — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2022
  • The agency didn’t change the time that should lapse before getting an extra dose of one of those shots.
    — Jared S. Hopkins, WSJ, 3 Jan. 2022
  • That status was allowed to lapse at the end of January.
    — Helen Branswell, STAT, 11 May 2023
  • Money is set to lapse Jan. 19 for some agencies and Feb. 2 for others.
    — Kevin Freking, Fortune, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Funding is set to lapse Jan. 19 for some agencies and Feb. 2 for others.
    — South Florida Sun Sentinel, Sun Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Because when they’re allowed to lapse, then production moves out of the state.
    — Keli Goff, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Then, as those programs lapsed, demand began to climb again.
    — Lydia Depillis, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Melvin’s contract with NBCUniversal is believed to lapse at the end of 2022.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 14 Mar. 2022
  • Many provisions from that law are set to lapse at the end of 2025, and Mr. Haislmaier said that timing could lead to horse-trading between the parties.
    — Noah Weiland, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The policy is set to lapse when the public health emergency is lifted on May 11.
    — The Arizona Republic, 19 Apr. 2023
  • For 15 minutes, mother and daughter spoke as if no time had lapsed between them.
    — Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The business’s permits have lapsed and the owners did not seek to renew them, and the phone number listed on ADEM records is no longer in service.
    — Dennis Pillion | [email protected], al, 4 Mar. 2023
  • The previous agreements were set to lapse last year, but both sides agreed to a one-year extension as the pandemic took hold.
    — Kate Gibson, CBS News, 1 Oct. 2021
  • But no matter what the feeling, with the omicron surge in the rearview mirror, mask mandates will lapse on Monday in Illinois and Chicago.
    — Lisa Schencker, chicagotribune.com, 26 Feb. 2022
  • The assault weapons ban lapsed in 2004 and lawmakers have lacked the votes for the last decade to bring back the measure that statistically saved hundreds of lives.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 16 June 2023
  • The debt ceiling caps the amount of borrowing that can be authorized, and its suspension in 2019 lapsed in August.
    — Jeff Stein, Washington Post, 8 May 2023
  • These authorizations lapse when the state of emergency ends.
    — Matthew Herper, STAT, 31 Oct. 2021
  • It’s that rare comedy that, to me, did not lapse into self-parody by season 6 or 7.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 26 Oct. 2021
  • The contract had been set to lapse 12 hours earlier, but was extended by half a day as talks continued.
    — Kate Gibson, CBS News, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Funding begins to lapse on Jan. 20, with a full shutdown impending on Feb. 3.
    — David Sivak, Washington Examiner, 8 Jan. 2024
  • The government would not enter a full shutdown if Congress allows funding to lapse.
    — David Sivak, Washington Examiner, 11 Jan. 2024

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