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
Charlotte Observer, 9 Apr. 2026
Local 99 on hold for even longer Members of Local 99 of Service Employees International Union have been working under terms of an expired contract since June 30, 2024.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
ABC News, 29 Apr. 2026
Toss expired condiments, wipe down shelves, and reorganize so everything is easier to find.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Apr. 2026
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Adjective
Officer Dylan Auch was arrested by local police in Locust on April 8 and also charged with driving with an expired tag and registration, the news release said.
—Charlotte Observer, 9 Apr. 2026
Local 99 on hold for even longer Members of Local 99 of Service Employees International Union have been working under terms of an expired contract since June 30, 2024.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
Verb
That raised questions about whether LIV Golf could keep some of its top players once their lucrative contracts expired.
—ABC News, 29 Apr. 2026
Toss expired condiments, wipe down shelves, and reorganize so everything is easier to find.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for expired
Adjective
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The Herald also contacted two other individuals who were listed as company executives in the now-defunct website of Brown’s GlobalCast Partners.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
29 Apr. 2026
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Michael Dell, Dell Technologies The future PC mogul sold subscriptions to the now-defunct Houston Post as a teenager, and quietly invented the playbook that would become Dell.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
29 Apr. 2026
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His step-back jumper with 32 seconds left was the exclamation point, a shot that ended Orlando’s final push and extended Detroit’s season.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Apr. 2026
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The program was created by Congress to help quickly protect nationals of countries that, as a result of natural or man-made disasters, were dangerous for people to return to, with routine reevaluations to decide if the protections would be extended or ended.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
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The engineers probably exhaled.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
23 Apr. 2026
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From his home in California wine country, Policy raised a glass to how the 1920 meetings in Canton must have looked as the founders lit cigars and exhaled ideas around Ralph Hay’s Hupmobiles.—
Steve Doerschuk,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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Agustín, an elderly man who lived on the streets and had mental health problems, died in February from burns inflicted by an 18-year-old who was later arrested.—
Sarah Moreno
Updated April 29,
Miami Herald,
29 Apr. 2026
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After Michael died in 2009, his three children — Prince, Paris and Bigi Jackson — moved to Hayvenhurst to be raised by their grandmother, Katherine.—
Staff Author,
PEOPLE,
29 Apr. 2026
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That would mark the first withdrawal under this tool since February 2025, according to Bloomberg calculations based on the operation plan released late on Friday.—
Bloomberg,
Bloomberg,
27 Apr. 2026
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His name and the name of the suspect in the shooting have not yet been released by police.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Thirty-five species have already been declared extinct, and more are likely gone.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
27 Apr. 2026
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The team evaluated the size of the ancient octopuses using allometric calculation—a method that used the proportional growth rates of modern, long-bodied finned octopuses to extrapolate the size of their extinct relatives.—
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
24 Apr. 2026
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In a preliminary injunction, Judge Robert Pitman stopped short of ordering a temporary air conditioning remedy.—
Leigh Waldman,
CNN Money,
26 Apr. 2026
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Swayman stopped the puck but had to freeze it for a defensive-zone faceoff.—
Fluto Shinzawa,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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Eventually, the British expelled Argentina from the islands in 1833 and established the Falklands as an official colony.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
25 Apr. 2026
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The government later broke ties with France, the former colonial power, and expelled the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali (MINUSMA), which completed its withdrawal in 2023, ending a decade-long presence in the country.—
Jewel Bright,
NPR,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Expired.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expired. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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