passage of time
Noun
Meaning
passage of time
The elapsing of time.
Synonyms
Examples
Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time.
Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
A good plan will therefore include alternative actions, the choice between them being left open until the passage of time indicates which is feasible and which is not.
Bread, soup - these were my whole life. I was a body. Perhaps less than that even: a starved stomach. The stomach alone was aware of the passage of time.
Old age and the passage of time teach all things.
The exercise of letters is sometimes linked to the ambition to construct an absolute book, a book of books that includes the others like a Platonic archetype, an object whose virtues are not diminished by the passage of time.