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expired

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verb

past tense of expire
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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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Recent Examples of expired
Adjective
Clean out the expired sunscreen first before attempting to recycle the container. Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 May 2025 Expand All When a Bonner Springs police officer began chasing a man in June 2021 for an expired license plate, speeds on Interstate 70 escalated to 100 mph. Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2025
Verb
The closure order for the Line fire, which burned almost 44,000 acres in San Bernardino County, expired March 31. Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2025 There had been noisy local resistance surrounding the case, but the protests expired from exhaustion soon after the Court’s decision came down, and integration, at least in the early grades, seemed to be a success. Louis Menand, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for expired
Recent Examples of Synonyms for expired
Adjective
  • One is even housed in a former Old County Buffet, the now defunct all-you-can-eat restaurant chain which closed its last Illinois restaurant five years ago.
    Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2025
  • Six years ago, two school executives from the now defunct A3 charter school were embroiled in controversy.
    Windi Eklund, Oc Register, 17 June 2025
Verb
  • Herro ended the night with eight points on 3-of-11 shooting from the field, 0-of-1 shooting on threes and 2-of-2 shooting from the foul line, three rebounds, four assists and six turnovers in 39 minutes.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 22 Mar. 2025
  • While the Heat’s losing skid continued, another streak ended.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 22 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Nunn died in 2016 from leukemia at age 63.
    EW.com, EW.com, 28 Jan. 2025
  • An American Airlines employee has died following an accident on the tarmac in North Carolina.
    Angel Saunders, People.com, 28 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Adidas made $437 million from the first batch of its Yeezy shoes released after severing ties with West, some of which benefited organizations including the Anti-Defamation League and a non-profit founded by George Floyd’s brother.
    Conor Murray, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
  • He was released from prison in October 2019.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Deep-seafloor-dwelling foraminifera, which were far away from the surface and were able to keep feeding on the remains of dead organisms, were mostly fine, but nine out of 10 planktonic species went extinct.
    Tim Vernimmen, JSTOR Daily, 19 June 2025
  • Why experts are worried February 10, 2025 12:19 PM Read Next World ‘Tiny’ creature went extinct in wild decades ago.
    Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 18 June 2025
Verb
  • Most importantly, he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 1994 and ceased all political activities soon afterward.
    W. James Antle III, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 14 Mar. 2025
  • The New York Giants’ high hopes for him last year quickly faded and completely ceased after the Giants lost in overtime to the Carolina Panthers in Germany — a game in which Jones only threw for 190 yards and was intercepted twice.
    Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 13 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Oklahoma State expelled Hill, and the NFL banned him from its scouting combine.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2025
  • While there, Jesus visited the temple and enraged upon seeing money changers transacting business within its sacred walls, expelled them all.
    McKinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 12 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Presidents before Trump have been felled by the Middle East, and Trump has had some successes with Ukraine, most notably the signing of a mineral rights deal with Kyiv.
    Rema Rahman - 06, The Hill, 13 June 2025
  • In 2016, police investigators confirmed that a 300-meter-high (nearly 1,000 feet) telecommunications mast in southwestern Sweden was intentionally felled, leaving around 85,000 households without TV broadcasts and affecting emergency announcements.
    Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025

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