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 lease on that building is set to expire in September 2028.
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Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 10 Feb. 2026
The enhanced subsidies, which expanded eligibility both by lowering the percentage of household income people had to pay toward their care and removing an income cap, expired at the end of last year.
—Julie Appleby, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
This major treaty was about to expire.
—Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
In 2022, authorization for the TAA expired, and in a Congress allergic to trade votes and new spending, Peters’s efforts to revive it have gone nowhere.
—Josh Tyrangiel, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2026
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Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 10 Feb. 2026
The enhanced subsidies, which expanded eligibility both by lowering the percentage of household income people had to pay toward their care and removing an income cap, expired at the end of last year.
—Julie Appleby, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
This major treaty was about to expire.
—Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
In 2022, authorization for the TAA expired, and in a Congress allergic to trade votes and new spending, Peters’s efforts to revive it have gone nowhere.
—Josh Tyrangiel, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expire
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Now a rather similar squad is tasked with ending the title drought.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
11 Feb. 2026
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Connor also ended things with Emma after telling her about his strong connection with Bri.—
Sydney Bucksbaum,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Feb. 2026
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This wasn’t a group exhaling to let go of old pain.—
Jerry Brewer,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Inhale for four seconds, exhale for six, repeat.—
Stefanie Groner,
Glamour,
4 Feb. 2026
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Brad Arnold, the 47-year-old cofounder and lead singer of the Mississippi rock band 3 Doors Down, died Saturday, nine months after revealing a diagnosis of kidney cancer.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Feb. 2026
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The company's founder and namesake, Walt Disney, had died in December 1966, but his presence still loomed large over a studio that was seemingly second-guessing its every move.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
8 Feb. 2026
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But its last shutdown plan, released in late September, indicates that 91% of its employees would continue to work without pay.—
Riley Beggin,
Arkansas Online,
14 Feb. 2026
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On day four of the search, the Guthrie siblings released a video on social media.—
Paige Williams,
New Yorker,
14 Feb. 2026
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University of Arkansas men's basketball Coach John Calipari has ceased box-out drills.—
Matt Byrne,
Arkansas Online,
9 Feb. 2026
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Based on the timeline laid out by the district attorney’s office, all attempts to find Proctor ceased after Gascón was defeated by current Los Angeles County Dist.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Council members had long pledged to quell gang violence and improve life for Haiti but fell overwhelmingly short.—
EVENS SANON,
Arkansas Online,
8 Feb. 2026
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Short video and artificial intelligence video generation company Kuaishou fell by 11% during the same time period.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
8 Feb. 2026
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In 2019, 2,696 metric tons of black carbon was emitted from ships north of the 60th parallel compared with 3,310 metric tons in 2024, according to a study by Energy and Environmental Research Associates.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 Feb. 2026
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For any food that is not consumed, composting will be essential to reduce the greenhouse gases emitted from the breakdown, according to Báez.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
7 Feb. 2026
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From open models to real-world applications, China has shown that constraints have not stopped it from gaining ground.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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From there, James made second-team All-NBA the next season and didn’t stop landing on one of the three teams until this season.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Expire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expire. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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