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is lapsing

  • present progressive of lapse (3rd person singular).

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Agencies rely on disco-era computer languages that few coders know anymore, and some physical hardware is lapsing into disrepair.

From Washington Post Aug. 22, 2022

It’s a treadmill, 90 episodes long, and quality control is lapsing.

From The Guardian Jul. 19, 2019

Relatives should make sure friends, neighbors and church members know whom to contact in an emergency involving a person whose memory is lapsing.

From Washington Times Nov. 22, 2017

I owe the bank overdraft fees and the insurance is lapsing a little bit.

From Washington Post Mar. 9, 2010

Their prevalence and extent is a proof that the age is lapsing into barbarism.

From The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales by Durivage, Francis A. (Francis Alexander)