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
David Pennino, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Check your inspection status The easiest way to avoid a ticket for an expired inspection?
—Kaitlyn McCormick, USA Today, 18 May 2026
Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 10 June 2026
The Hurricanes technically had one power-play goal in Game 4, but another came right after time expired.
—ABC News, 10 June 2026
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Adjective
Another 13% to 16% operate under expired terms.
—David Pennino, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Check your inspection status The easiest way to avoid a ticket for an expired inspection?
—Kaitlyn McCormick, USA Today, 18 May 2026
Verb
At the beginning of the year, Kaiser hiked premiums 7%, not because of the work stoppage but as expired federal subsidies and use of GLP-1 drugs raised costs for insurers broadly.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 10 June 2026
The Hurricanes technically had one power-play goal in Game 4, but another came right after time expired.
—ABC News, 10 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expired
Adjective
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Pruner is an industry veteran locally, having been part of the inaugural team at Empress Tavern and worked at Obo’, Mulvaney’s B&L and the now-defunct Woodlake Tavern, among other places.—
Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
9 June 2026
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The Justice Department subsequently appealed an earlier order by Eaton to make all businesses that paid the now-defunct import taxes eligible for refunds plus interest.—
Mae Anderson,
Fortune,
9 June 2026
Verb
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Zach Neto was hit by a pitch and Mike Trout ended an 0-for-22 slump with a single to load the bases.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
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If the season ended Tuesday, Chicago would have the second AL wild-card spot.—
Johnny Flores Jr,
New York Times,
10 June 2026
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The garment also pulls double duty by managing respiration, using a separate ventilation loop to gently blow fresh oxygen across the astronaut’s face while simultaneously vacuuming away exhaled carbon dioxide for scrubbing and recirculation.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
9 June 2026
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But a sigh of relief was likely exhaled when Brunson returned to the bench.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
4 June 2026
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Refracted through the lens of the 2018 killing of one of Clemmons’s few Black peers in tony Swarthmore public schools, the essay reflects on the consequences of systemic disinvestment in Chester, the nearby majority-Black city where Robbie was born, taught, and died.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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The wink sealed the deal and the two spent more than 50 years as a couple, welcomed three children — Luke, Hannah, and Levi, who died in 2025 — and eventually grandchildren, who called him PoPo.—
Emily St. Martin,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
Verb
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As of Sunday evening, the names of those killed had yet to be released.—
Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
15 June 2026
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The full text has not yet been released and a formal signing ceremony slated to take place in Switzerland on Friday.—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
15 June 2026
Adjective
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Conservative Democrats and liberal Republicans had not become extinct.—
George Liebmann,
Baltimore Sun,
13 June 2026
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Since then, the editing capability of CRISPR has been tested on everything from developing disease treatments to engineering drought-resistant crops to resurrecting genes of extinct species.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
11 June 2026
Verb
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In the months before the shooting, Mangione’s once active online presence stopped, and his mother filed a missing persons’ report.—
Nicki Brown,
CNN Money,
14 June 2026
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Through near misses, heartbreak and a hope that every year could be our year, this city never stopped believing in the Knicks.—
Robert Blankenship,
The Washington Examiner,
14 June 2026
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Many also reference Oscarville, a predominantly Black community whose residents were violently expelled from Forsyth County in 1912 before the land was eventually submerged beneath the lake decades later.—
Zachary Bynum,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
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However, just two days before Spain’s opening game against Portugal, Lopetegui was fired and expelled from the team camp.—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
14 June 2026
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“Expired.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expired. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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