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How to use the word Elapsed in a Sentence?

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First of all, I'm not comfortable in saying that I'm happy with the time that has elapsed. But I'm aware that there are reasons for that. And there's an approach that has been taken for as long as anybody can remember when you have criminal investigations that are ongoing, as to the sequence of events, and whether that continues to be the most appropriate approach to that I'm not sure, i do know that it is a matter of public record once the authorities who are conducting the investigations, which happen to be the DA and Union Parish, but also the US Department of Justice for civil rights violation.

John Bel Edwards

Found on CNN
3 years ago

This had been a discussion that I'd had with the secretary over a period of time and the secretary had pushed back and sought justification from those who were criticizing Ambassador Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, and after several months had elapsed, the secretary finally told me there had come a point that the President had lost confidence in the ambassador and we needed to make a change in our mission to Ukraine.

State John Sullivan

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Whatever can be done, do it, the government will back it, i'm not worried about the work of the staff but I'm worried about time elapsed for those lost inside the cave.

Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

I'm not worried about the work of the staff but I'm worried about time elapsed for those lost inside the cave, i've come to give everyone encouragement.

Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

It's a particularly acute issue here with President Donald Trump, who I think as more time has elapsed in his tenure, feels more and more confident that, you know, he doesn't really need any advice from anybody and he's smarter than everybody else.

James Clapper

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Fifty years have elapsed.

Ellen Freese of Maine

Found on CNN
8 years ago

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