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
Tribune News Service, Boston Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
Middle-aged adults with Obamacare plans acutely feel the pinch of the expired subsidies, because the ACA allows insurers to charge adults in their 60s up to three times as much for premiums as those in their 20s, who generally use fewer medical services.
—Sam Whitehead, Miami Herald, 24 Mar. 2026
Felecia Hatcher, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2026
The Blackhawks got a Donato goal one second after the first power-play expired, Frondell had five one-timers on the second, and Nazar scored on the third.
—Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2026
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Adjective
Middle-aged adults with Obamacare plans acutely feel the pinch of the expired subsidies, because the ACA allows insurers to charge adults in their 60s up to three times as much for premiums as those in their 20s, who generally use fewer medical services.
—Tribune News Service, Boston Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
Middle-aged adults with Obamacare plans acutely feel the pinch of the expired subsidies, because the ACA allows insurers to charge adults in their 60s up to three times as much for premiums as those in their 20s, who generally use fewer medical services.
—Sam Whitehead, Miami Herald, 24 Mar. 2026
Verb
Multimillion-dollar commitments made in 2020 have quietly expired, buried under quarterly earnings calls and leadership changes.
—Felecia Hatcher, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2026
The Blackhawks got a Donato goal one second after the first power-play expired, Frondell had five one-timers on the second, and Nazar scored on the third.
—Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expired
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The Charlotte City Council could resurrect Charlotte’s long-defunct red light camera program amid rising traffic fatalities.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Apr. 2026
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In the Stapleton neighborhood, FlyteCo Tower — a brewery, bar, restaurant and entertainment hub that took over the former air traffic control tower of the defunct Stapleton Airport — is an entertainment zone with mini golf, ping pong, arcade games and bowling lanes.—
Brittany Anas,
Denver Post,
3 Apr. 2026
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The Jags ended the season with a 34-6 record and as District 8-5A champions.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Apr. 2026
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The ordinance was proposed by Legislative Vice Chair Sean Smith, who recently ended his bid for Congress.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
9 Apr. 2026
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After knocking in his final putt at hole 18, Woodland stretched out his arms, looked up to the sky and exhaled with tears in his eyes.—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
30 Mar. 2026
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After knocking in his final putt at the 18th hole, Woodland stretched out his arms, looked up to the sky and exhaled with tears in his eyes.—
Ryan Brennan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Mar. 2026
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Merriweather’s office has dismissed about 106 homicide charges since 2020 — not including charges in which a defendant died, pleaded guilty, or wasn’t mentally competent to stand trial.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Apr. 2026
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One person has died, and two people are missing after a partial collapse at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia parking garage under construction in the city's Grays Ferry neighborhood Wednesday.—
Tom Dougherty,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2026
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Few details have been released, but Miami police told CBS News Miami that shortly before midnight, officers received a ShotSpotter alert near the main stage in the area of Northeast 2nd Avenue and 62nd Street.—
Steven Yablonski,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
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Ginn was released on $1,000 bond.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
13 Apr. 2026
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The quarter-ton bears, apex predators who are revered by some Native American tribes but also feared for their attacks on livestock and sometimes humans, became locally extinct in California in 1924, the same year that the last California gray wolf was captured and killed.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
7 Apr. 2026
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Non-avian dinosaurs went extinct about 65 million years before the appearance of human beings.—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
5 Apr. 2026
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The shipping disruption also largely stopped the export of nitrogen fertilizers manufactured in the Persian Gulf and limited access to key fertilizer ingredients.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 Apr. 2026
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Eventually, Betty stopped and squatted.—
Gabriel Debenedetti,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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The letter says that after the second incident, multiple members whose names are redacted were expelled by the fraternity’s disciplinary board.—
Matthew Kelly
April 6,
Kansas City Star,
6 Apr. 2026
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Encouraged and aided by independent neighbours, Guinean nationalists took up arms in 1962 and after 10 years of fighting expelled the Portuguese from three-quarters of Portuguese Guinea.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Expired.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expired. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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