as in defunct
no longer existing
a wildlife organization dedicated to ensuring that the giant panda not be added to the list of expired species
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as in ended
to come to an end
speakers will not be allowed to continue after their allotted time has expired
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as in exhaled
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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as in died
to stop living
made one last visit to his homeland and expired not long afterwards
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as in released
archaic
to throw or give off
linden trees expiring their rich perfume
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Recent Examples of expired
Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 15 Apr. 2026
Filled the trash with expired food.
—Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026
Hali Smith
may 4, Idaho Statesman, 4 May 2026
Zoo workers voted to authorize a strike last week and then walked off the job after an extension to their existing labor contract expired Friday, according to the Teamsters.
—Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2026
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Adjective
His most common citation was for an expired meter — 14,409 citations in the year.
—Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 15 Apr. 2026
Filled the trash with expired food.
—Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026
Verb
Having expired tags in Idahos is a traffic infraction punishable a $101 fine, according to the Idaho Supreme Court.
—Hali Smith
may 4, Idaho Statesman, 4 May 2026
Zoo workers voted to authorize a strike last week and then walked off the job after an extension to their existing labor contract expired Friday, according to the Teamsters.
—Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2026
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Adjective
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The effort went a long way to differentiating the retailer from Walmart and the now-defunct Sears and Kmart as well as department stores, dollar stores and offpricers.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
6 May 2026
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And the environmentalist work of Jennie Turner Garlington, his youngest child, has included serving as trustee of the Turner Foundation, on the boards of other wildlife conservation organizations and as a CNN TV producer for the network's now-defunct Environment Unit.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA Today,
6 May 2026
Verb
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The Australian policy of refusing to allow boat arrivals to settle has largely ended people smuggling from Southeast Asian ports in rickety fishing boats that had once thrived.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 May 2026
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In 2023, Florida illegally ended Medicaid coverage for almost 500,000 recipients, primarily pregnant and postpartum women, infants and children.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
6 May 2026
Verb
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Some families described feeling emotionally lighter afterward, as if parts of them had finally exhaled.—
Essence,
Essence,
6 May 2026
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On a street by the harbor, crowds of people were squinting into the distance, exclaiming every time the whale exhaled.—
Jessica Camille Aguirre,
New Yorker,
2 May 2026
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In addition to the 18-year-old woman who died, authorities said, others suffered gunshot and shrapnel wounds as dozens of shots were fired at the popular boating, fishing and swimming lake about 20 miles north of downtown Oklahoma City.—
Hannah Schoenbaum,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2026
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Ted Turner, the maverick businessman and philanthropist who turned a financially struggling Atlanta TV station into a media empire around CNN, the first 24-hour cable news station, has died.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
7 May 2026
Verb
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The ages of the victims and the origin of the train were not immediately released.—
Joe Kottke,
NBC news,
11 May 2026
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The couple was released three days later, but the children have remained in state custody ever since.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
11 May 2026
Adjective
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There are also a handful of genera named after Attenborough, as in the case of the Chilean wasp, including Sirdavidia, a genus of trees found in Gabon, and Attenborosaurus, a genus of extinct marine reptiles from the Jurassic.—
Jacopo Prisco,
CNN Money,
8 May 2026
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Yi qi is the name given to an extinct dinosaur from the family Scansoriopterygidae.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
8 May 2026
Verb
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Hagerty batted around against three different West Orange pitchers and before the bleeding was stopped, the Huskies had plated 10 runs in a crazy inning.—
Chris Hays,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 May 2026
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For nearly two hours, Kid Rock barely stopped moving.—
Théoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
10 May 2026
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Both Wei and Li were expelled from the ruling Communist Party in June 2024.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
11 May 2026
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In the poem, the massive object in question is the Devil himself, Lucifer, who fell onto the Earth after being expelled from heaven.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
11 May 2026
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“Expired.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expired. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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