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
Kaylei Fear, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Aug. 2024
At the time, it was confiscated due to an expired export license, which raised a red flag.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 13 Aug. 2024
Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
Timing of the strike The timing of the strike is set by the previous six-year contract, which expired on Monday night, not the US presidential election.
—Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
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Adjective
Routinely comb through expired coupons and papers that are no longer needed for records so the heap never has a chance to grow.
—Kaylei Fear, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Aug. 2024
At the time, it was confiscated due to an expired export license, which raised a red flag.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 13 Aug. 2024
Verb
That deal, which had expired at the end of Monday, will be now extended until January 15 and have the union members back on the job while the final details are worked out in a full agreement and it is ratified by the rank-and-file.
—Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
Timing of the strike The timing of the strike is set by the previous six-year contract, which expired on Monday night, not the US presidential election.
—Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expired
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The Browser Security pie slice reported phishing protection enabled in Chrome, Edge, and the defunct Internet Explorer, and also noted Bitdefender’s phishing protection as enabled.PCMAG, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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Four titles from the defunct—but clearly still hugely popular—band have debuted on the chart in the past few months, and all but one of them have landed inside the top 10.Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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The medical condition that ended Henrik Lundqvist’s playing career has set him up to make his next great save.Carol Schram, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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The deal then closed the day after, so our bidding war ended three days after our actual premiere.Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2024
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Helene has wreaked havoc on Zara's neighborhood and the wider county, where at least 72 people have died.Morgan Norwood, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2024
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Reach out to Social Security and alert them that your spouse has died.Next Avenue, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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An image of Roshanak Molaei, verified and released by the Norwegian human rights group Hengaw.Hannah Peart, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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Following her arrest in September 2022, Molaei was sentenced to over six years in prison but released in February 2023 after being granted amnesty, according to Hengaw.Hannah Peart, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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Then, the team matches the extinct animal with a close living relative and uses video and computer vision techniques to translate the modern animal’s movements into mathematical representations.Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Oct. 2024
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The deep-water species belongs to a group of animals known as arthropods—an incredibly diverse group of invertebrates with jointed limbs and a hard shell known as an exoskeleton, which includes arachnids, insects and crustaceans, as well as extinct animals like trilobites.Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
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Earlier this year, the company abruptly ceased operations at its Jacksonville, Florida, facility and began working to set up the assembly plant in Ontario to assemble commercial electric delivery vans and trucks.Pat Maio, Orange County Register, 16 Nov. 2024
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The company has identified material weaknesses in its internal control over financial reporting and has ceased its remediation plan due to the pending merger.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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So my husband, for example, his family is from Egypt, expelled by Gamal Abdel Nasser.Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2024
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For example, the Beverly Hills school district expelled five eighth-graders who shared fake nudes of 16 other eighth-graders in February.Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
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Last week, the band had to cancel shows in Chula Vista, CA and Phoenix, AZ after Cronin was felled by an undisclosed illness.Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 17 Sep. 2024
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The Commanders fan is dropped with a punch as the other lunges at the Ravens fan, only to be thrown into a brick wall and ultimately felled.Dennis Romero, NBC News, 22 Oct. 2024
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“Expired.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expired. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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