have elapsed
- present perfect of elapse.
Example Sentences
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While two centuries may have elapsed, "the characters and the emotional journeys that they go on really feel like they haven't aged at all," she says.
From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2025
In 2013, Levesque filed a lawsuit against Blackground Records to be released from her contract, which she signed as a minor and, under New York state law, should have elapsed after seven years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2024
Since then, 18 years of intermittent French troubles have elapsed.
From New York Times ● Jun. 30, 2023
Under the agreement, however, a pitcher who has pitched at least four consecutive innings in a game cannot be replaced on the active roster unless three days have elapsed.
From Seattle Times ● May 30, 2022
Only about thirty-five minutes have elapsed since it began.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
