How to Use expire in a Sentence

expire

verb
Definition of expirenext
Synonyms for expirenext
  • She expired after a long illness.
  • My driver's license has expired.
  • The program, last extended in 2018, is due to expire at the end of the year.
    — WIRED, 10 Nov. 2023
  • The most recent Farm Bill was passed in 2018 and expires this year.
    — Thom Duffy, Billboard, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Note that some of these deals may have expired or sold out.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
  • But that fund expires at the end of the current fiscal year.
    — Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 14 May 2024
  • Moore missed a shot from the corner as the clock was expiring.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 6 June 2024
  • The most recent union contract expired at the end of June.
    — Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 30 July 2024
  • And that will mean cuts of all sorts after the funding expires.
    — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2023
  • In 2019, with that second contract set to expire, the city put out a call for new bids.
    — Brittanie Shey, Chron, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Keep in mind, though, that all the TCG deals are set to expire at the end of today, February 27th.
    — Quentyn Kennemer, The Verge, 27 Feb. 2024
  • With loan contracts expiring, some of the last black-and-white bears in the U.S. zoos are heading home.
    — Jana Kasperkevic, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2023
  • That news will come at the end of May (as options for those shows’ talent are set to expire).
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 12 May 2023
  • The names were all collected April 4-6. Platt’s contract was set to expire at the end of this year.
    — Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 13 May 2024
  • But 20 years after the first SawStop was sold, most of those patents have now expired.
    — Chris Arnold, NPR, 2 Apr. 2024
  • The contract for the cast members in question expired on June 16.
    — Tom Tapp, Deadline, 9 July 2024
  • The strike will move forward if a deal isn’t reached by Sept. 30, when the unions’ current contracts expire, the coalition said.
    — Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2023
  • The law, set to expire after Thanksgiving, has cleared the way for more than 2,500 lawsuits.
    — Diana Dasrath, NBC News, 22 Nov. 2023
  • The cap and other parts of the law will expire next year unless Congress extends them.
    — Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024
  • The state variance is expiring, and the city did not ask for an extension.
    — Theresa Clift, Sacramento Bee, 16 May 2024
  • But they were granted for only the length of the current broadcast rights deal, which expires at end of this year.
    — Ken Belson, New York Times, 1 May 2024
  • Because the acts date back to the Nineties, lawyers argue, the statute of limitations would have expired.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 31 July 2024
  • The grand jury that was already convened was set to expire.
    — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 7 Apr. 2023
  • The deadline to come to an agreement will expire Wednesday at midnight PT.
    — David Zimmermann, Washington Examiner, 12 July 2023
  • The clock expired and the Nuggets’ bench emptied in celebration.
    — Tania Ganguli, New York Times, 22 May 2023
  • Jewell just signed a three-year contract, but Thompson’s deal is set to expire next March.
    — Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 2 May 2024
  • Once the plan is approved by the court, the terms of the current board of directors will expire and a new board of directors will be assigned.
    — Glenn Peoples, Billboard, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Many shelters are funded through one-time state funds, much of which are set to expire within five years, the report said.
    — Mallory Moench, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Her term would be consumed by finding a middle ground on the Trump tax cuts that expire in 2025, and fighting for smaller wins like subsidies for buying a new home.
    — Axios, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Many companies may, by default, check boxes that give them permission to charge you after the free trial expires, according to PIRG.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 18 Oct. 2024

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