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
Charlotte Observer, 9 Apr. 2026
Local 99 on hold for even longer Members of Local 99 of Service Employees International Union have been working under terms of an expired contract since June 30, 2024.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
ABC News, 29 Apr. 2026
Toss expired condiments, wipe down shelves, and reorganize so everything is easier to find.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Apr. 2026
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Adjective
Officer Dylan Auch was arrested by local police in Locust on April 8 and also charged with driving with an expired tag and registration, the news release said.
—Charlotte Observer, 9 Apr. 2026
Local 99 on hold for even longer Members of Local 99 of Service Employees International Union have been working under terms of an expired contract since June 30, 2024.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
Verb
That raised questions about whether LIV Golf could keep some of its top players once their lucrative contracts expired.
—ABC News, 29 Apr. 2026
Toss expired condiments, wipe down shelves, and reorganize so everything is easier to find.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expired
Adjective
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The Herald also contacted two other individuals who were listed as company executives in the now-defunct website of Brown’s GlobalCast Partners.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
29 Apr. 2026
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Michael Dell, Dell Technologies The future PC mogul sold subscriptions to the now-defunct Houston Post as a teenager, and quietly invented the playbook that would become Dell.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
29 Apr. 2026
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His step-back jumper with 32 seconds left was the exclamation point, a shot that ended Orlando’s final push and extended Detroit’s season.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Apr. 2026
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The program was created by Congress to help quickly protect nationals of countries that, as a result of natural or man-made disasters, were dangerous for people to return to, with routine reevaluations to decide if the protections would be extended or ended.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
Verb
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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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Rose made bogey on the 72nd hole that year, then exhaled when Watson missed an 8-foot birdie putt that would have forced a playoff.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
29 Apr. 2026
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Agustín, an elderly man who lived on the streets and had mental health problems, died in February from burns inflicted by an 18-year-old who was later arrested.—
Sarah Moreno
Updated April 29,
Miami Herald,
29 Apr. 2026
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After Michael died in 2009, his three children — Prince, Paris and Bigi Jackson — moved to Hayvenhurst to be raised by their grandmother, Katherine.—
Staff Author,
PEOPLE,
29 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Harriet was thirty-eight when her mother was released, in 2019.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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The driver was taken to a hospital with minor injuries and has since been released, police said.—
Jay Blackman,
NBC news,
4 May 2026
Adjective
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This South African antelope went extinct around 1800 after being hunted during the colonial era.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
1 May 2026
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Since announcing its project to bring back the woolly mammoth in 2021, Colossal Biosciences has announced plans to de-extinct two birds, the dodo and the moa, the Australian thylacine or Tasmanian tiger and the dire wolf.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
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But Crenshaw’s own essay, on the hip-hop group 2 Live Crew, stopped short of calling for censorship.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Yet the eye-rolling has stopped.—
Natalie Sum Yue Chung,
Fortune,
3 May 2026
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Austria, a European Union member with a policy of military neutrality, was initially hesitant to take such action but has recently expelled more Russian diplomats.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 May 2026
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In response to the incident, Russian intelligence officers were expelled from the United Kingdom and then from many other western countries.—
Nick Tabor,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Expired.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expired. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
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