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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

Does the reader reflect how many wars we have had in the pacific half-century which is lapsing?

From Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) by O'Shea, John Augustus