lapse
noun
an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard.
will lapse
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future tenseof lapse.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Policymakers face a Jan. 30 deadline to extend telehealth funding, or coverage that has been in effect since March 2020 will lapse.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 24, 2026
In the memo, the Office of Budget and Management directs federal agencies to begin drafting "reduction in force" plans for programmes whose funding will lapse if Congress fails to meet a 30 September budget deadline.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2025
Funding for most of the jobs will lapse by July 2024 and all federal COVID-19 funds for staff will end by July 2025, according to an agency spokesperson, Roberto Bonaccorso.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 31, 2023
While the plaintiffs’ ability to enforce the injunction will lapse after that time period, one of their attorneys, Juan Chavez, said he would be “perplexed” if the city reintroduced the devices.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 29, 2022
The five-hundred notes will lapse at the same time.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
