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 Micron's two-year ban on large-scale buybacks in order to secure CHIPS Act funding expires in December. Jim Cramer, CNBC, 30 Aug. 2026 Repairs after a factory warranty expires can range from $186 for a wheel alignment to $6,200 for a transmission rebuild. Emily Mercer, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026 Financing expires, talent moves on, and production slates are abandoned. Jack Dunn, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026 The Eagles’ lease for Lincoln Financial Field expires after the 2032 season. Zach Berman, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026 Livakovic will serve as a replacement for Wojciech Szczesny, whose contract expires in June 2027. Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Strus, whose contract expires after next season, appeared in just 12 games last season because of a fracture in his left foot that sidelined him until March. Janis Carr, Oc Register, 20 Aug. 2026 The current contract expires in 2028, and each side is entitled to one year’s notice if the other side wants out. Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2026 The bridge program expires at the end of 2027 unless renewed. Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for expires
Verb
  • Those hoping the Iran war ends soon currently face disappointment.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Clarify the roles, choose a timeline, and schedule the next check-in before the conversation ends.
    Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 2 Sep. 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
  • After the child dies, their shares revert to their surviving siblings while the grandchildren receive cash from the life insurance payout.
    Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
  • College grad dies hours after X2 Christopher Hawley, a 22-year-old recent college graduate, rode X2 in June of 2022 with his cousin and brother.
    Blake Ellis, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • What gets prototyped there radiates into field trips, after-school programs and summer camps that reach thousands of children a year.
    Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Bieniemy radiates discipline and accountability and, of course, carries an intimate understanding of the offense and has Reid’s trust.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 19 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
  • The company says its reactor’s electrical output falls within the range of a high-performance vehicle drivetrain.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2026
  • If Colorado’s 2027 first-round pick is not transferred to the Toronto Maple Leafs or if its 2028 first-round pick falls within the top 10, Nashville instead gets Colorado’s 2029 first-round pick.
    Peter Baugh, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • And then of course the jacuzzi, which releases tension and relaxes the muscles.
    Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Aug. 2026
  • How GLP-1s affect more than weight GLP-1 is a gut hormone the body naturally releases after eating.
    Daryl Austin, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The metalpoint tool sometimes slips or skitters; the fountain pen sometimes stops working—though, deprived of vision, the artist is unaware, and keeps drawing the now-invisible line.
    Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
  • There’s a tender, surprising moment of reconciliation in the novel’s final pages — the place where story stops.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026

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“Expires.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expires. Accessed 4 Sep. 2026.

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