expire
verb
ex·pire
ik-ˈspī(-ə)r 
usually for intransitive sense 3 and transitive sense 2 ek-
expired; expiring
1
: to breathe one's last breath : die
2
: to come to an end: such as
a
: to exceed its period of validity
The contract will expire next month.
b
: to pass its expiration date (see expiration date sense 2)
This milk has expired.
" … when drugs expire, you can't just leave these things lying around."—
Ed Haislmaier
Ed Haislmaier3
: to emit the breath
Synonyms
Examples of expire in a Sentence
My driver's license has expired.
She expired after a long illness.
measuring the volume of air expired from the lungs
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Just extending the expiring tax cuts would drive up deficits by $4.6 trillion over 10 years, and all of Trump’s campaign plans would add much as $7.75 trillion, according to estimates by the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, a nonpartisan fiscal watchdog group.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
Gensler’s term expires in June 2026, but some researchers expect Gensler to resign from his post.
—William Gavin, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
Hernández’s contract with the team expired at the end of the season, while the Dodgers did not extend a $21-million qualifying offer to retain Buehler.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
Emergency declarations, like for public health reasons as seen during the COVID-19 pandemic, would expire 30 days after they are declared unless the Legislature extends them.
—Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
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Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
Gensler’s term expires in June 2026, but some researchers expect Gensler to resign from his post.
—William Gavin, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
Hernández’s contract with the team expired at the end of the season, while the Dodgers did not extend a $21-million qualifying offer to retain Buehler.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
Emergency declarations, like for public health reasons as seen during the COVID-19 pandemic, would expire 30 days after they are declared unless the Legislature extends them.
—Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Expire.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/expire. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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expire
verb
ex·pire
ik-ˈspī(ə)r
usually for sense 3 ek-
expired; expiring
1
: to breathe one's last breath : die
2
: to come to an end : be no longer in force
this offer expires March 1
my driver's license has expired
3
a
: to let the breath out
b
: to breathe out from or as if from the lungs
Medical Definition
expire
verb
ex·pire
ik-ˈspī(ə)r, usually for vi 2 and vt ek-
expired; expiring
: to breathe out from or as if from the lungs
the basal metabolism test … measures the amount of carbon dioxide expired by the lungs—J. D. Ratcliff
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