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expiring

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noun

expiring

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verb

present participle of expire
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as in exhaling
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 expiring
Adjective
There’s another non-expiring contract — but maybe less realistic given what that contract looks like. Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
And automakers aren't expecting to fully cut off EV production due to the credit expiring. Susan Tompor, USA Today, 19 Oct. 2025 And automakers aren't expecting to fully cut off EV production due to the credit expiring. Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 15 Oct. 2025 That gave the Colts an untimed down despite the clock expiring. Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2025 The grocery tax expiring would have only added to the problem, officials said. R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
Republicans have also proposed reopening the government through at least January, advancing three full-year spending bills covering veterans’ programs, agriculture and the legislative branch, and guarantee a future vote on the expiring health subsidies. Nik Popli, Time, 6 Nov. 2025 What happens to water supplies depends on negotiations among the seven Colorado River states and 30 tribes, who are trying to finish a new drought-management plan to replace an expiring plan. Austin Corona, AZCentral.com, 6 Nov. 2025 One source familiar with the caucus dynamics confirmed that Democrats are inclined to continue their fight to preserve expiring health care subsidies at this point. Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 6 Nov. 2025 Policyholders with expiring contracts could lose coverage and funds to pay claims have dropped $30 billion due to the shutdown. The Npr Network, NPR, 6 Nov. 2025 Democrats and Republicans have remained stagnated in negotiations to reopen the government, as Senate Democrats hold out on endorsing a continuing resolution to force a vote on expiring health care subsidies. Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 6 Nov. 2025 Legislators have been at a stalemate over expiring healthcare funding and tax credits for the Affordable Care Act, often referred to as Obamacare, USA TODAY reported. Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 5 Nov. 2025 The reason Njoku was a trade target was because of his expiring contract. Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 5 Nov. 2025 That's because funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, is expiring for the first time in history. Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for expiring
Adjective
  • The film is an adaptation of the ghost novel What Happens At Night, which follows a married couple that travels to Europe to adopt a baby, staying in a cavernous, fading European hotel filled with eccentric characters.
    Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • For foreign employees with visas nearing expiration, timely processing will be essential to maintain work authorization.
    Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
  • The potential price hikes are due to the upcoming expiration of pandemic-era subsidies.
    Sarah Volpenhein, jsonline.com, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • After losing star tight end Tucker Kraft , who led the team with 489 yards receiving and six touchdowns, to a season-ending ACL injury, Green Bay was on the hunt to find a suitable replacement.
    Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Alexander suffered a season-ending torn PCL in his right knee in 2024.
    Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Gently tilting the pelvis stretches tight lower back muscles, while exhaling engages your deep core muscles to stabilize your spine.
    Jakob Roze, Health, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Try slowly inhaling for a count of 4 and exhaling for a count of 8, lengthening the exhale.
    Kate Pitts, Outside, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Singing this material with players who improvise — solos changing, every version being a little different — taught me about that urgent live-ensemble space where everyone’s living and dying by the next player onstage.
    Shirley Halperin, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Shaw-naé explains how then-mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is dying to speak with her, how the Venmo CEO invited her to some fancy app meeting, all while Al Roker is buzzing on her phone to give an update on Friday’s upcoming dinner service.
    Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The beauty is radiating from the inside out!
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Do this in the early evening while there's still daylight and the ground is radiating heat.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 29 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • International benchmark Brent crude futures with December expiry traded 1.4% higher at $63.61 per barrel on Monday, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate futures with November expiry rose 1.4% to trade at $59.77.
    Sam Meredith, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Meanwhile, analysts warn that Washington’s levies, as well as the expiry of a sub-Saharan Africa-US free trade deal, will push African nations even closer to Beijing’s sphere of influence.
    Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Timor-Leste’s oil and gas wells are already running dry, with oil production at the Bayu-Undan field in the Timor Sea—the country’s only producing field—ceasing production in June 2025.
    Angelica Ang, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2025
  • But what was accomplished from the meeting remains unclear as Russia increased its aerial bombardment on Ukraine rather than ceasing military operations following the talks.
    Caitlin McFall, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2025

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“Expiring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expiring. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.

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