How to Use unexpired in a Sentence

unexpired

adjective
  • Keep the unused, unexpired fireworks in a cool, dry place, such as a garage.
    Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 5 July 2022
  • Four of them carry full four-year terms, and two bring unexpired two-year terms.
    Erin Yarnall, chicagotribune.com, 25 Mar. 2021
  • On the first day of school this week, Ms. Cook split the unexpired EpiPen set and gave one injector each to her children.
    Joseph Walker, WSJ, 25 Aug. 2018
  • The special election winner would hold the seat for the remainder of the unexpired term.
    Fox News, 29 Mar. 2024
  • The special election decides who serves out the rest of Hill's unexpired term, through next year.
    NBC News, 3 Dec. 2019
  • Williams will fill out the unexpired term of her husband, Fred Williams, who’s now the Hobart Township trustee.
    Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 11 Jan. 2023
  • To remain in their seats, Proctor and Hughes will have to be back on the campaign trail in May 2022, when the unexpired terms end.
    Cheryl Smith, Dallas News, 3 Feb. 2021
  • Sparkman said the winner of that election will serve out the remainder of the unexpired term.
    Erin Edgemon, AL.com, 22 Oct. 2017
  • The appointee would serve until the general election in 2024, when there would be an election for the rest of the unexpired term.
    Erin Glynn, The Enquirer, 9 Nov. 2022
  • The District 9 race is a special election to fill the unexpired term of James Rindfuss, who died in August.
    Alia Malik, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Apr. 2018
  • The District 9 race was a special election to fill the unexpired term of James Rindfuss, who died in August.
    Alia Malik, San Antonio Express-News, 5 May 2018
  • Because there's more than a year left in her unexpired term, the council also has 60 days to call a special election to fill the seat.
    Michelle Hunter, NOLA.com, 11 Aug. 2020
  • In the event of a strike, can a member working under an unexpired contract choose to not work or not cross a picket line?
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 14 Oct. 2021
  • Both are former council members, and the winner will fill an unexpired term that ends in 2019.
    Arielle Kass, ajc, 23 May 2018
  • Patrick was elected to the council in Nov. 2018 after a special election to serve an unexpired term.
    Tyler Carter, Dallas News, 4 Nov. 2020
  • The special election was set to complete his unexpired term.
    Brayden Garcia, Dallas News, 8 Mar. 2021
  • The following year, he was appointed to fill out the unexpired term of a village trustee who had resigned.
    Bob Goldsborough, chicagotribune.com, 23 Dec. 2021
  • There is no charge, but all are asked to bring non-perishable (unexpired) food items or paper products for Lend A Hand.
    Shirley MacFarland, cleveland, 12 Aug. 2021
  • So in late 1987, Braverman was appointed to an unexpired, two-year term.
    Ed Wittenberg, cleveland, 12 Dec. 2019
  • Holmer will fill the unexpired term of Lily Bao, who resigned from her seat and made an unsuccessful run for mayor.
    Teri Webster, Dallas News, 7 June 2021
  • There is no charge, but all are asked to bring non-perishable (unexpired) food items or paper products for the Broadview Heights Food Bank.
    Shirley MacFarland, cleveland, 14 Aug. 2020
  • The products included in the recall are all varieties of unexpired 2 oz. and 8 oz.
    William Thornton, AL.com, 29 Jan. 2018
  • The winner of the contest will fill Johnson’s unexpired term and be a candidate, perhaps with the loser, in the March primary for the term that begins in 2021.
    Dallas News, 29 Jan. 2020
  • Yakym will fulfill Walorski’s unexpired term late this year and early next.
    Chad Pergram | Fox News, Fox News, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Also on the April 6 ballot for the Barrington Area Library was a single unexpired four-year term.
    Elizabeth Owens-Schiele, chicagotribune.com, 27 Apr. 2021
  • If this were to happen, there would be two questions on the ballot for the 2nd Congressional District: who should fill the unexpired term, and who should serve the district for the next term, Downs said.
    The Indianapolis Star, 4 Aug. 2022
  • DeKeyser will serve an unexpired term that ends January 2020.
    Amy Yurkanin | Ayurkanin@al.com, al, 25 Aug. 2019
  • Just place your unexpired, nonperishable food donations in bags, and place the bags where they can be seen easily from the street.
    Tracy Trobridge, baltimoresun.com, 5 Mar. 2021
  • Finally, to fill out the last two years of the unexpired term now being held by Spain, the Caucus selected Jordan Spector.
    Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 13 Dec. 2022
  • In the event that there was a vacancy in the mayoral office, the council would elect by majority vote an interim mayor to serve the rest of the unexpired term.
    Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 18 Jan. 2024

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