1
as in to end
to come to an end
speakers will not be allowed to continue after their allotted time has expired
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2
as in to exhale
to let or force out of the lungs
he vows to hold on to that belief until he expires his last breath
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3
as in to die
to stop living
made one last visit to his homeland and expired not long afterwards
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4
as in to release
archaic
to throw or give off
linden trees expiring their rich perfume
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Recent Examples of expire
The ceasefire's six-week first phase expires this weekend.
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Wafaa Shurafa, arkansasonline.com, 27 Feb. 2025
The previous agreement expired last February, and Equity ceased issuing new Development contracts in June.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 27 Feb. 2025
Most wind advisories will expire by Thursday night.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
Most expire at the end of the year, and if that happens, tax rates would revert to pre-2017 levels that would raise many taxes.
—David Lightman, Sacramento Bee, 27 Feb. 2025
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Wafaa Shurafa, arkansasonline.com, 27 Feb. 2025
The previous agreement expired last February, and Equity ceased issuing new Development contracts in June.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 27 Feb. 2025
Most wind advisories will expire by Thursday night.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
Most expire at the end of the year, and if that happens, tax rates would revert to pre-2017 levels that would raise many taxes.
—David Lightman, Sacramento Bee, 27 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expire
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Hamas has freed all 25 living hostages included in the first six-week phase ending on March 1 in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.—
Joseph Krauss,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2025
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Use of the funding is up to the discretion of the organization, but vice president Gretchen Raffa confirmed that part of it will go towards stockpiling mifepristone, a drug used to end pregnancies.—
Katy Golvala,
Hartford Courant,
27 Feb. 2025
Verb
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During this exercise, exhale on the twist so your core contracts with greater intensity.—
Jakob Roze,
Health,
26 Feb. 2025
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In Amato’s lab, a graduate student may exhale germs into a test tube.—
Carl Zimmer,
Smithsonian Magazine,
25 Feb. 2025
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Construction began in 1869 and was still under way when the king died in 1886.—
Ann Abel,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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In Nebraska, two people died after losing control of their vehicle amid Tuesday’s winter weather, according to the state patrol.—
Mary Gilbert,
CNN,
5 Mar. 2025
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The New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) released a statement regarding Knox, explaining their decision to disqualify him from the state tournament.—
Scott Thompson,
Fox News,
27 Feb. 2025
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In 2023, Jaar released Intiha, an abstract collaboration with the composer Ali Sethi, and last year, the Chilean-American producer released Piedras 1 & 2, two ambitious LPs tackling Chilean history and Palestinian erasure.—
Eric Renner Brown,
Billboard,
27 Feb. 2025
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The program ended in the early 1960s after a member of the CIA Inspector General's staff learned of MKUltra's experiments and ordered them to cease all experimentation on non-consenting subjects.—
Jessica Sager,
People.com,
8 Mar. 2025
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On Thursday, the university, a historically Black institution, ordered the fraternity chapter to cease all activities and suspended pledging for all Greek organizations for the rest of the academic year.—
Neil Vigdor,
New York Times,
8 Mar. 2025
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Vaccination Rates As reported by the CDC, the measles vaccination rate among children in kindergarten nationally has fallen since 2019, from approximately 95 percent of children receiving a two-dose MMR coverage to 92.7 percent.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
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The market also soured on Salesforce, which fell 4% despite topping analysts’ profit expectations for the latest quarter.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Feb. 2025
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Massive amounts of toxic PFAs are emitted from the landfill into the surrounding air.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Mar. 2025
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For example, sooty molecules, called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, emit infrared radiation that acts as a beacon of active star forming regions across the universe.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
3 Mar. 2025
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Often, women would wear the same watch for years, so why did the younger generations ever stop?—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
1 Mar. 2025
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The Windsor Police Department said in a social media post that one of its deputies stopped a vehicle with two passengers in the 700 block of Shiloh Road at about 10:30 p.m. Wednesday.—
Suhauna Hussain,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Mar. 2025
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“Expire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expire. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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