expires

verb

present tense third-person singular of expire
1
as in ends
to come to an end speakers will not be allowed to continue after their allotted time has expired

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2
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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3
as in dies
to stop living made one last visit to his homeland and expired not long afterwards

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4
as in radiates
archaic to throw or give off linden trees expiring their rich perfume

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Recent Examples of expires Burns previously rejected suggestions that the ethics investigation was politically motivated, noting that Anderson, a Republican, had already lost his primary election and will not return to the council after his term expires. — Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 7 July 2026 The Constitutional Court ruled that Tokayev can run again when his term expires in 2029 because his current tenure does not count under amendments to the constitution that were approved in a nationwide vote in March and came into force this month. — ABC News, 7 July 2026 The California City facility contract expires in August 2027 and the Otay Mesa facility contract expires in December 2029, with the option to extend for five more years. — Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026 After that agreement expires, the government and Estrada may extend that on an annual basis. — Sofi Zeman july 3, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2026 The decision, which was widely anticipated, does not end the pact immediately, but rather kicks off a decade-long annual review process for the three countries to negotiate on the treaty until the USMCA officially expires in 2036. — Joey Garrison, USA Today, 2 July 2026 With five months remaining until baseball’s Collective Bargaining Agreement expires, significant distance remains between Major League Baseball and its players on key issues. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 2 July 2026 The licence that expires in August Start with what actually changed for Iran. — Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 The Newsom administration and California’s largest labor representative of state workers failed to reach an agreement on Tuesday to replace a contract that expires June 30, SEIU Local 1000’s chief negotiator said in an interview. — William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 30 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for expires
  1. ends
  2. exhales
  3. dies
  4. radiates
  5. ceases
  6. falls
  7. releases
  8. stops
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  • The funeral, which ends Thursday, was supposed to be a period of lower tensions.
    — Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
  • Kentucky’s Senate succession law, which Republican legislators have twice changed during Beshear’s tenure, does not give the governor a role in picking a temporary successor should McConnell’s seat become vacant before his term ends.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026
Definition of ends
Verb
  • Your home is supposed to be the place where your nervous system finally exhales.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Charlotte Observer, 24 June 2026
  • Even in summer, evenings turn crisp, drawing locals and visitors alike outdoors to sip tea as the sun slips behind the escarpment and the mountain exhales its cool.
    — Anna Zacharias, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Jan. 2026
Definition of exhales
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  • Five-Star Weekend, a Peacock series out July 9, is about a food influencer Hollis Shaw (Jennifer Garner) who is in need of a new kind of nourishment after her husband Matthew (Josh Hamilton) dies suddenly in a car accident.
    — Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 9 July 2026
  • What’s more, thinning the DRAM dies by two-thirds to 100 µm would allow a MOSAIC cube to integrate 294 dies in the same volume, reaching 882 GB, Mitarai said.
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 8 July 2026
Definition of dies
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  • Besides, Beckham practically radiates the sort of star power that dispenses with the need for endless chatter; like Michael Jordan in his Hanes/Space Jam heyday, his physical presence takes precedent over the usual run of blunt-force loquacity.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 10 July 2026
  • Those tendrils are formed from plasma, or ionized gas, at temperatures in excess of a million degrees Fahrenheit, compared to the sun's visible surface, the photosphere, which radiates at about 9,932 degrees Fahrenheit (5,500 degrees Celsius).
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 7 July 2026
Definition of radiates
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  • This is not only devastating because Aang appears fatally injured, but because if an Avatar dies in the Avatar State, the entire cycle of Avatar reincarnation ceases and the earth’s balance is forever lost.
    — Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026
  • What is surprising—indeed, almost shocking—is when a particular fashion ceases to change.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 June 2026
Definition of ceases
Verb
  • The investigators ask whether this discovery falls within the scope of her project.
    — Rhoda Feng, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
  • Your body temperature typically rises throughout the morning and afternoon, peaks in the evening, and then falls late at night.
    — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2026
Definition of falls
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  • Abnormal Studios, a subsidiary of Westec Media Limited, releases some 100 titles annually across Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan, Mongolia and Nepal.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 July 2026
  • Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street.
    — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 9 July 2026
Definition of releases
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  • The global oil surplus should help commercial stockpiles bounce back, particularly if the rest of the world stops relying so much on the United States as the petroleum producer of last resort.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 7 July 2026
  • If exception paths are undocumented, AI either stops too early or acts with false confidence.
    — Sanjay Srivastava, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
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