How to Use expiry in a Sentence

expiry

noun
  • The expiry date on food items has more to do with the quality of the products.
    — Naveen Joshi, Forbes, 2 May 2022
  • The expiry of those contracts—and the hedges tied to them—could allow for more movement.
    — Eric Wallerstein, WSJ, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Bets have shifted to nearer expiry dates to profit off rapid market moves.
    — Eric Wallerstein, WSJ, 4 Nov. 2022
  • Mascara, Rohani says, is one of the items that tends to be used well beyond its expiry date.
    — Esha Chhabra, Forbes, 14 Sep. 2021
  • Take a good reputable brand, store as advised on the label, and use within expiry limits.
    — Ayesha Gulzar, Verywell Health, 6 May 2026
  • Here's my credit card number, write it down, and here's my expiry date and my security code.
    — David Lucatch, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2021
  • But its expiry brought the mother of all lockouts, when the owners dug in on their demands for a hard-cap system.
    — Carol Schram, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
  • This is because the vision that has animated our common life for the last few decades is past its expiry.
    — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
  • This essentially implies that Revlimid sales will not see a sharp drop in the first year of patent expiry.
    — Trefis Team, Forbes, 14 June 2021
  • Before the Bosman ruling took effect, players could not walk away from a club at the expiry of their contract.
    — Dan Sheldon, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024
  • The expiry of the order will be decided by another court order.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Copper contracts for delivery in the months and years to come have largely risen in line with those approaching their expiry dates.
    — David Hodari, WSJ, 6 June 2018
  • As the prospect of a Bosman free transfer upon the deal’s expiry grows, clubs become vulnerable.
    — James McNicholas, The Athletic, 19 Feb. 2025
  • The Black Lives Matter movement might signal the expiry of that ideal.
    — Lerato Tsebe, Quartz Africa, 12 July 2020
  • Gold Points already earned by players will still be usable up until their expiry, 12 months after they were earned.
    — Matt Robison, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025
  • A certain kind of call option—deeply out-of-the-money and close to expiry—is much like buying a lottery ticket or making a long-odds sports bet.
    — The Economist, 20 June 2020
  • Further peace talks between the US and Iran were in doubt, with just hours to go before the expiry of a ceasefire.
    — Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Though no one knows the trees’ absolute expiry date, the oldest ever recorded is 3,200 years old.
    — Thayer Walker, Scientific American, 29 Dec. 2016
  • The new sweep followed the expiry of a deadline to register foreign workers from 15 countries.
    — Syawalludin Zain, The Seattle Times, 11 July 2017
  • If a link or token is copied, data can be downloaded until expiry—often without triggering alarms.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 20 Mar. 2026
  • On the expiry of the five-year term, E-2 visas can be renewed on an indefinite basis in five year increments.
    — Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes, 29 May 2021
  • The trick will be to get the Iranians to start thinking about what comes after the expiry of the constraints imposed by the nuclear deal.
    — The Economist, 28 Mar. 2018
  • This might not be the case in the summer, however, when the contracts of some elsewhere on the continent are nearing expiry or have already run their course.
    — Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Reina has been linked with a move away from the Serie A title challengers over the past six months as his contract nears its June expiry date.
    — SI.com, 9 Mar. 2018
  • The money will only be returned after the traveler exits the US before the expiry of their visa.
    — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 9 Jan. 2026
  • The approval comes just as Novo’s Wegovy faces patent expiry later this month, opening the door for cheaper copycat drugs.
    — Ed Silverman, STAT, 6 Mar. 2026
  • More than a year before the expiry of its current deal, a new NHL collective bargaining agreement has been locked in.
    — Carol Schram, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
  • Ozil has just eight months remaining on his contract and would be able to walk away from the Gunners as a free agent if the terms reach their expiry date on 30th June.
    — SI.com, 17 Oct. 2017
  • Bitcoin’s largest options expiry of the year is colliding with geopolitical volatility that shows no sign of letting up with make or break peace talks uncertain.
    — Sidhartha Shukla, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The selloff is likely due to mixed quarterly results and the expiry of the post-IPO lockup period.
    — Trefis Team, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2021

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