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expire

[ik-spahyuhr] / ɪkˈspaɪər /


VERB
breathe out
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
breathe in inhale


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As lockup periods expire following its June offering, SpaceX alone could add around 1% to U.S. equity supply by June 2027.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

The next mayor will be asked to negotiate a new police contract, which is set to expire next year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Her student visa is due to expire soon.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

Although the outcome for the options is binary, investors don’t necessarily need to hold the fund until the contracts expire.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2026

Most expire quietly, like a campfire at dawn.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

WTI for November delivery expires at $101.79 a barrel, down 1.8% on the day, while the most-active December contract falls 0.7% to $97.82 a barrel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Olsen’s contract with Fox expires after this season as well.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

The first is that Martinez's contract expires at the end of the season.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

Furthermore, once the temporary order expires at the end of this year, there’s the issue of reinforcement.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

She said, “’Ef dooda, expires in two years.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

But in August 2025, India's junior foreign minister Kirti Vardhan Singh told parliament that both agreements had expired.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

And instead of kicking a field goal, the team was left kicking itself when time expired.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

Although it expired in 2007, the owners allowed her to stay, paying roughly €500 monthly—worth $560—in rent and utilities, according to court documents and public statements.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Deliveries fell 2.1% short of the record 497,099 vehicles Tesla delivered a year earlier, when U.S. buyers rushed to claim the $7,500 federal EV tax credit before it expired at the end of September 2025.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

Did he know that his driver’s license had also expired, and the vehicle was uninsured as well?

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

With a pending lockout, expiring player contracts and possible retirements, who knows what the future will hold.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Thankfully for City, only Mateo Kovacic, Matheus Nunes, Marcus Bettinelli and Geronimo Rulli have contracts expiring in the next two summers, so that issue isn't as urgent as it could have been.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

That drop, however, has a lot to do with a rush of purchases late last year as customers sought to take advantage of expiring federal tax incentives.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

The patent cliff has driven a wave of acquisitions as drugmakers race to replace expiring revenue before it vanishes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

Chairs lined the walls, divided evenly by magazine tables, and there was the usual rubber tree expiring in the corner.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides


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