How to Use expire in a Sentence
expire
verb
- She expired after a long illness.
- My driver's license has expired.
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The program, last extended in 2018, is due to expire at the end of the year.
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WIRED,
10 Nov. 2023
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The most recent Farm Bill was passed in 2018 and expires this year.
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Thom Duffy,
Billboard,
21 Sep. 2023
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His contract was due to expire at the end of the season.
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James Robson,
ajc,
26 Mar. 2023
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Note that some of these deals may have expired or sold out.
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Cnn.com Wire Service,
The Mercury News,
8 Mar. 2024
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But that fund expires at the end of the current fiscal year.
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Mary Ramsey,
Charlotte Observer,
14 May 2024
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Moore missed a shot from the corner as the clock was expiring.
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Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
6 June 2024
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The most recent union contract expired at the end of June.
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Madeline Mitchell,
The Enquirer,
30 July 2024
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And that will mean cuts of all sorts after the funding expires.
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Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2023
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In 2019, with that second contract set to expire, the city put out a call for new bids.
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Brittanie Shey,
Chron,
12 Apr. 2023
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Keep in mind, though, that all the TCG deals are set to expire at the end of today, February 27th.
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Quentyn Kennemer,
The Verge,
27 Feb. 2024
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With loan contracts expiring, some of the last black-and-white bears in the U.S. zoos are heading home.
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Jana Kasperkevic,
NBC News,
5 Nov. 2023
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That news will come at the end of May (as options for those shows’ talent are set to expire).
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Michael Schneider,
Variety,
12 May 2023
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The current three-year agreement is set to expire on May 1.
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Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
22 Feb. 2023
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The names were all collected April 4-6. Platt’s contract was set to expire at the end of this year.
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Mike Hendricks,
Kansas City Star,
13 May 2024
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But 20 years after the first SawStop was sold, most of those patents have now expired.
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Chris Arnold,
NPR,
2 Apr. 2024
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The contract for the cast members in question expired on June 16.
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Tom Tapp,
Deadline,
9 July 2024
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The strike will move forward if a deal isn’t reached by Sept. 30, when the unions’ current contracts expire, the coalition said.
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Emily Alpert Reyes,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Sep. 2023
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The law, set to expire after Thanksgiving, has cleared the way for more than 2,500 lawsuits.
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Diana Dasrath,
NBC News,
22 Nov. 2023
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The cap and other parts of the law will expire next year unless Congress extends them.
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Noah Bierman,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Oct. 2024
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The state variance is expiring, and the city did not ask for an extension.
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Theresa Clift,
Sacramento Bee,
16 May 2024
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But they were granted for only the length of the current broadcast rights deal, which expires at end of this year.
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Ken Belson,
New York Times,
1 May 2024
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The drug’s patent is set to expire in 2026, at which point generic versions could enter the market.
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Annalisa Merelli,
Quartz,
29 Mar. 2023
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Because the acts date back to the Nineties, lawyers argue, the statute of limitations would have expired.
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Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
31 July 2024
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The grand jury that was already convened was set to expire.
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Nadine El-Bawab,
ABC News,
7 Apr. 2023
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The deadline to come to an agreement will expire Wednesday at midnight PT.
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David Zimmermann,
Washington Examiner,
12 July 2023
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The clock expired and the Nuggets’ bench emptied in celebration.
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Tania Ganguli,
New York Times,
22 May 2023
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The biggest offender is McAfee, which will nag you repeatedly after the short trial expires.
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Jason Evangelho,
Forbes,
10 Dec. 2024
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After the promotion expires, customers in the extended home delivery zone will see an extended range delivery fee.
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Cheryl V. Jackson,
Indianapolis Star,
10 Dec. 2024
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