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as in demise
the act of ceasing to exist
directed that upon her expiration her splendid Italian-style villa be given to the public as a museum
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as in cessation
the stopping of a process or activity
with the expiration of all brain activity there was no point in keeping the patient alive
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as in death
the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities
the cancer patient passed away sometime during the night, the exact moment of her expiration not being known
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Recent Examples of expiration
Katie McCabe will leave Arsenal at the end of the season following the expiration of her contract after more than a decade at the club.
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Sam Joseph, New York Times, 14 May 2026
In its release notes for KB5087544, the latest ESU update for hundreds of millions of Windows 10 PCs, Microsoft tells users to get ahead of the Secure Boot expiration.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
Collins first broke with Republican leadership on the issue last month, shortly before the expiration of a 60-day legal window that some legal experts argue required the Administration to seek congressional authorization for continued military action.
—Nik Popli, Time, 13 May 2026
The near-expiration claim ends months of speculation surrounding one of the largest prizes in Lotto Texas history.
—Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 12 May 2026
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Sam Joseph, New York Times, 14 May 2026
In its release notes for KB5087544, the latest ESU update for hundreds of millions of Windows 10 PCs, Microsoft tells users to get ahead of the Secure Boot expiration.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
Collins first broke with Republican leadership on the issue last month, shortly before the expiration of a 60-day legal window that some legal experts argue required the Administration to seek congressional authorization for continued military action.
—Nik Popli, Time, 13 May 2026
The near-expiration claim ends months of speculation surrounding one of the largest prizes in Lotto Texas history.
—Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 12 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expiration
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Joining me to discuss rising production costs, shifts in viewing preferences, and the demise of one of the pillars of late night television is USA TODAY TV Critic Kelly Lawler.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
19 May 2026
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In the series finale, in which every character meets their demise, Keith owns his own security company but is strangely still physically moving cash around in an armored truck when he is gunned down in the year 2029.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 May 2026
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Castro Searching for Cubans lost at sea Basulto founded Brothers to the Rescue in 1991 during a crushing economic crisis in Cuba following the fall of the Soviet Union and the cessation of subsidies to the communist island.—
Rick Jervis,
USA Today,
18 May 2026
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These are intended to offer an appealing alternative smoking cessation product for adults who wish to quit.—
Joshua P. Cohen,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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Notably, the movie omitted the slew of allegations that followed Jackson from the ’90s until his death in 2009.—
Emily St. Martin,
Los Angeles Times,
21 May 2026
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Police said no arrests have been made in connection with the death and Grayson’s cause of death has not been determined.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
20 May 2026
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Paz’s termination of a popular but fiscally unsustainable fuel subsidy and other austerity measures triggered strikes earlier this month, which escalated into a coordinated effort from the Bolivian Workers’ Central, peasant unions, and miners to paralyze the country.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
20 May 2026
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Workers with significant unvested equity compensation should understand the vesting cliff dates and how a layoff—whether voluntary departure or involuntary termination—affects acceleration provisions, if any.—
Jason Kirsch,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
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There was a sense of endings at St James’ Park; not definitive, not complete, but persuasive, a final home game for Kieran Trippier as a Newcastle player, and a feeble waft of farewell in the colour of claret.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
18 May 2026
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The only false step in the sketch is the ending, which goes out on a cheap joke.—
Omar L. Gallaga,
Los Angeles Times,
17 May 2026
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Putting words on the page seems too low stakes to get worked up about, and yet the terror of saying something taboo—or just being boring—feels like a terrible fate to most writers.—
David O’Neill,
New Yorker,
20 May 2026
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Amy Dickham, a professor of wildlife conservation at the University of Oxford, questioned the need to focus on Timmy when many other marine animals suffer similar fates or injuries caused by human activity.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
19 May 2026
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The researchers found that the cities’ chemical microenvironments increase calcite dissolution.—
Damien Pine,
Scientific American,
15 May 2026
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McMahon's first words to the committee, after the usual thank-you's, were a flag-planting for the department's forceful dissolution.—
Cory Turner,
NPR,
14 May 2026
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Baha Mar is large in stature, sure—and Rosewood is part of a three-hotel complex across the bay from Atlantis, which looms large and brooding over its own end of the water as everything Baha Mar does not want to be—dated, dark, and reminiscent of Spring Break Past.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 May 2026
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At the end of Tuesday's OTAs, the team took part in a little game in which players from the offense and defense competed at throwing medicine balls.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
20 May 2026
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“Expiration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expiration. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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