Example Sentences
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If two clubs transfer players in the same window after the 45 days have elapsed they could still be considered as swaps if there is anything in the contracts to connect them.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
By the time the agents shoved me into that unmarked SUV, three minutes and 30 seconds had elapsed.
From Slate ● Jan. 23, 2026
Marquee values for the E-Ray include an official 0-60 mph acceleration in 2.5 seconds and a ¼-mile elapsed time of 10.5 seconds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
Because he was absent for more than eight minutes, he was not allowed to bat until the same amount of time had elapsed, as per the rules.
From Barron's ● Nov. 22, 2025
If one accepts the traditional, earlier dates for the onset of American plant domestication, then 5,000 years instead of 1,500 or 2,000 years elapsed before food production supported villages.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
