1
as in demise
the act of ceasing to exist
the expiry of a great empire is always a cataclysmic event
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as in death
the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities
once upon expiry, her soul entered the abode of the blessed dead
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Recent Examples of expiry
As the Egyptian’s contract saga has rumbled on towards its expiry in June, his hand has grown stronger in negotiations with every passing week.
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James Pearce, The Athletic, 19 Feb. 2025
As the prospect of a Bosman free transfer upon the deal’s expiry grows, clubs become vulnerable.
—James McNicholas, The Athletic, 19 Feb. 2025
Gold Points already earned by players will still be usable up until their expiry, 12 months after they were earned.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025
However, in the months following the expiry of continuous enrollment, KFF surveys revealed that many individuals did not understand the implications of the unwinding process.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 15 Feb. 2025
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James Pearce, The Athletic, 19 Feb. 2025
As the prospect of a Bosman free transfer upon the deal’s expiry grows, clubs become vulnerable.
—James McNicholas, The Athletic, 19 Feb. 2025
Gold Points already earned by players will still be usable up until their expiry, 12 months after they were earned.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025
However, in the months following the expiry of continuous enrollment, KFF surveys revealed that many individuals did not understand the implications of the unwinding process.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 15 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expiry
Noun
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For all the obituaries written about ESG in the past year, reports of its demise have been greatly exaggerated.—
Daniel Sutter,
National Review,
16 May 2025
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This is not the time to issue a prediction of demise, not particularly close to it.—
Martin Rogers,
New York Times,
12 May 2025
Noun
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Police say that early in the morning of Nov. 13, 2022, the four college students were stabbed to death at an off-campus house on King Road in Moscow, Idaho, where three of them lived.—
Jorge L. Ortiz,
USA Today,
17 May 2025
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Their widowed neighbour, Daming, grieves over the death of the last of his three sons, while his mother devises a secret plan for another grandson.—
Sara Merican,
Deadline,
16 May 2025
Noun
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Three or more accidents within the three years before expiration.—
Angela Rodriguez,
Sacbee.com,
18 May 2025
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The threat of expiration at the end of this year led many families to gift millions of dollars to their kids to take advantage of the exemption (which also applies to the gift tax).—
Robert Frank,
CNBC,
16 May 2025
Noun
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The fate of current Thursdays-at-9 occupant Doctor Odyssey remains TBD.—
Ryan Schwartz,
TVLine,
13 May 2025
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After several days of intense questioning, the small group of people who will help decide the fate of Sean Diddy Combs has been selected.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
13 May 2025
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However, most accounting contracts include termination clauses that allow businesses to switch if their needs are not being met.—
Loran Armstrong,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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Under Reed’s contract, the district appears obligated to pay her about $32,000 or $800 a day from her February hiring date to June 30, the contract termination date.—
Carole Carlson,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2025
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Along with strong passing and serving from libero Brady Dwyer, and pockets of standout play from Vardeh (eight kills, block) and Aaron Stein (10 kills), Nelson’s connection with his middles highlighted both of those runs.—
Tom Mulherin,
Boston Herald,
8 May 2025
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The symbolic passing of the keys is one of the oldest rituals in Christianity.—
Elizabeth Dias,
New York Times,
8 May 2025
Noun
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The dissolution of the PKK raises a host of questions for the Islamist government of Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the pro-American Kurdish forces (YPG) in northern Syrian who helped defeat the Islamist State terrorist movement.—
Benjamin Weinthal,
FOXNews.com,
12 May 2025
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More broadly, the dissolution of the foreign aid program is a significant example of a broader trend the administration is pursuing: sacrificing soft power for hard power.—
Time,
Time,
12 May 2025
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“Expiry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expiry. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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