expires

present tense third-person singular of expire
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as in exhales
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 expires The negotiations have taken on additional urgency because Fulton County's lease of the Atlanta detention center expires at the end of 2026. Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026 This comes despite the 26-year-old being in the last 11 months of his contract, which expires on June 30, 2027. Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 Good Food on Montford will end its nearly two-decade run when its lease expires at the end of this month, Moffett Restaurant Group said in a news release. Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 10 Aug. 2026 Ohtani, for instance, is set to make only two million dollars a year for the rest of his contract, which expires at the end of 2033. Diego Lasarte, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2026 Anthropic’s commitment to complimentary service for educators expires June 2027; OpenAI’s expires June 2028. Aaron Glantz, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Aug. 2026 McConnell's term expires in early January, and the race to succeed him is underway. Brittney Melton, NPR, 7 Aug. 2026 The president is reportedly considering pushing Infantino to become the next United Nations secretary-general when António Guterres’ term expires in December. Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026 The sequel will likely return to Peacock once Netflix’s license expires. Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for expires
Verb
  • Amid Pride Park’s sea of black seats, there’s no real sense of where one stand ends and the next starts.
    Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The Brazilian Association of Vegetable Oil Industries, or ABIOVE, said the Supreme Court ruling ends years of legal uncertainty and validates voluntary sustainability commitments adopted by traders.
    ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • By the time the family reconvenes at the house, the room exhales.
    JP Mangalindan, Time, 31 July 2026
  • Your home is supposed to be the place where your nervous system finally exhales.
    Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Charlotte Observer, 24 June 2026
Verb
  • When Kelekele Lituka, a wrestler who became world champion in 1974, dies in 2021, he’s buried with little fanfare.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Hong long ago deleted the post, for obvious reasons, but nothing on the internet ever really dies.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Clad in a sleeveless bright green dress, Anderson, 57, radiates an ageless grace, undeniably sophisticated yet unpretentious in her demeanor.
    Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Everything on the premises radiates with July heat, from the bleachers surrounding the course to the DIY rig near the ticketbooth inveigling passersby to pull a string that sends a gout of fire into the air.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • But speed ceases to be an advantage the moment everyone possesses it.
    David Farbman, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • As the word ceases to mean a ceasing of fire, new terms have been coined.
    Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
Verb
  • Methane evaporates, forms clouds, falls as rain, and collects in lakes and seas.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Then, after darkness falls, the annual Perseid meteor shower will peak beneath perfectly moonless skies.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Infused with menthol and essential oils, each steamer releases a refreshing scent for 10 to 15 minutes and is individually wrapped for easy storage or travel.
    ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
  • In Chicago, a police watchdog agency routinely releases body camera video of shootings and other serious use-of-force incidents within 60 days.
    Ryan J. Foley, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The study stops well short of identifying the first artists by name.
    Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Here's where autonomy stops being binary and starts being a loop.
    John Werner, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

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