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Word: lapse (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Usage:

As the gun popped at the start of the mile's eleven laps, the crowd expected

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Big Mile | 2/6/1950 | See Source »

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Normalized population density for word "lapse" throughout decades:

1870s : 0.9887
1880s : 0.5645
1890s : 0.2679
1900s : 0.2888
1910s : 0.8557
1920s : 1.3251
1930s : 1.1367
1940s : 1.0216
1950s : 1.2429
1960s : 1.1264
1970s : 1.1694
1980s : 1.0125
1990s : 1.0761
2000s : 0.7529
2010s : 0.7036