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
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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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The Cubs maintain that while the settlement agreement contained an arbitration provision, the agreement expired in 2023.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 10 Jan. 2025
That’s also true of center Jock Landale, but Green’s deal expires this season and thus is more likely to be part of a trade package.
—John Hollinger, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
But bills that aimed to do so expired at the end of the year.
—Anna Clark, ProPublica, 10 Jan. 2025
Also as part of his plea deal, the disabled Iraqi prisoner could serve his sentence, which expires in 2032, in the custody of a U.S. ally better able to care for him.
—Carol Rosenberg, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 10 Jan. 2025
That’s also true of center Jock Landale, but Green’s deal expires this season and thus is more likely to be part of a trade package.
—John Hollinger, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
But bills that aimed to do so expired at the end of the year.
—Anna Clark, ProPublica, 10 Jan. 2025
Also as part of his plea deal, the disabled Iraqi prisoner could serve his sentence, which expires in 2032, in the custody of a U.S. ally better able to care for him.
—Carol Rosenberg, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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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: to come to an end : be no longer in force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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