long lapse
Frequency: 6.57.0 per million words
referring to a long passing of time
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Examples (10)
- I'm sorry for the long lapse of time between updates.
- There was a long lapse in communication between the two teams.
- After a long lapse, the old friends finally met again.
- The system experienced a long lapse in service during the outage.
- Her studies had a long lapse due to illness.
- A long lapse in public interest led to the project's cancellation.
- He explained the reason for the long lapse in his correspondence.
- We noticed a long lapse between the proposal and its approval.
- Despite the long lapse, their friendship remained strong.
- The contract had a long lapse before it was finally renewed.