as in defunct
no longer existing
a wildlife organization dedicated to ensuring that the giant panda not be added to the list of expired species
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as in ended
to come to an end
speakers will not be allowed to continue after their allotted time has expired
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as in exhaled
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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as in died
to stop living
made one last visit to his homeland and expired not long afterwards
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as in released
archaic
to throw or give off
linden trees expiring their rich perfume
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Recent Examples of expired
Shelly Bradbury, The Denver Post, 8 Dec. 2024
What was Darius Rucker in court for? Franklin police originally pulled the singer over on Feb. 19, 2023, for an expired license plate at Murfreesboro Road near Breckenridge Drive, according to an arrest affidavit.
—Gabrielle Chenault, The Tennessean, 10 Sep. 2024
Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 7 Jan. 2025
Only one of Toronto’s three goals came with a man advantage, but the other was power-play influenced, coming just one second after a penalty expired.
—Kevin Kurz, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
So is the time he was pulled over for an expired plate.
—Shelly Bradbury, The Denver Post, 8 Dec. 2024
What was Darius Rucker in court for? Franklin police originally pulled the singer over on Feb. 19, 2023, for an expired license plate at Murfreesboro Road near Breckenridge Drive, according to an arrest affidavit.
—Gabrielle Chenault, The Tennessean, 10 Sep. 2024
Verb
The contract between the retail giant and the drone delivery company has expired, both companies confirmed.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 7 Jan. 2025
Only one of Toronto’s three goals came with a man advantage, but the other was power-play influenced, coming just one second after a penalty expired.
—Kevin Kurz, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
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Separately, there's good news for those who had crypto at the now defunct FTX crypto exchange.—
Medora Lee,
USA TODAY,
19 Feb. 2025
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But in 2021, Wilks got a call from a friend who said that Mike Tyson wanted to talk about reviving his defunct cannabis company which had gone bust a few years earlier.—
Will Yakowicz,
Forbes,
16 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The coach’s assessment might sound surprising considering Smith’s last pass Sunday was an interception that ended the game.—
Michael-Shawn Dugar,
The Athletic,
24 Dec. 2024
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Starbucks said Workers United prematurely ended discussions this week.—
Kate Gibson,
CBS News,
24 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Judy Belushi-Pisano, 73, died July 5.—
Rick Kogan,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Dec. 2024
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After a lifetime of making people laugh, Newhart died on July 18 at his home in Los Angeles.—
Rick Kogan,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Dec. 2024
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New episodes will be released weekly and available to stream on Hulu.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
8 Jan. 2025
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In the National Academies' most recent decadal survey released in 2022, a panel of researchers recommended NASA continue with the MSR program but stated the program's cost should not undermine other planetary science missions.—
Stephen Clark,
Ars Technica,
8 Jan. 2025
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There, those who live along the border, which is reinforced by not one but three walls, are pushed, after a food crisis, to reanimate and eat extinct species—a process later appropriated by the superrich, for more voyeuristic amusements.—
David L. Ulin,
The Atlantic,
21 Feb. 2025
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This lineage once ruled the food chain in the time after dinosaurs went extinct, preying on primates, early hippos, early elephants and hyraxes, but were later wiped out themselves.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA TODAY,
19 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Mining operations ceased, and only small crews remained to clean up the old dumps.—
Saleem H. Ali,
Forbes,
26 Dec. 2024
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Some time after this, the vessel's operations ceased due to sinking or stranding on a beach, leading to its abandonment.—
Newsweek,
Newsweek,
25 Dec. 2024
Verb
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The United States historically has expelled the majority of migrants without legal status to Mexico and other Central American countries.—
Mennatalla Ibrahim,
Baltimore Sun,
24 Dec. 2024
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Then there is the business of riddling—slowly turning the bottle at a precise angle over time to nudge the dead yeast into the bottle neck to be expelled (this in itself is yet another process, not to mention the addition of a final dosage).—
Katie Kelly Bell,
Forbes,
23 Dec. 2024
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He’s played in 17 of 34 games ever since, felled by a torn ACL, a concussion, an ankle injury and a wrist injury that needed surgery.—
Jerry McDonald,
The Mercury News,
24 Feb. 2025
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He remains deeply saddened by the death of his favorite politician, former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, felled by an assassin's bullets.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Expired.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expired. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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