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The battle’s latest high-noon moment arrived this year with the expiration of a 2007 low-water allocation contract.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Under the City Charter, those commissioners have the power to remove the police chief at any time prior to the expiration of the chief’s term.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

A call option gives the buyer the right to purchase an underlying asset at a specified price before a predetermined expiration date.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

Breanne Gilliam, a corporate lawyer at Maddin Hauser, said the film commitment is meaningful, even if it comes with an expiration date.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

I have to admit that the Earthbound greens, in their plastic bag, stayed crisp right up to the expiration date, a full eighteen days after leaving the field.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

The failures of cardiovascular and neuromuscular drugs pelacarsen and del-desiran raise the bar for Novartis’s pipeline, given that these were two important candidates to offset sales lost to upcoming patent expirations, they add.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

But it’s cheap for a reason, with patent expirations coming up.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026

One of the issues that could possibly threaten the bank’s bullish thesis is the “patent cliff” approaching in 2028, where a number of major drugs are facing patent expirations.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026

Cancer heavyweights such as Merck and Bristol-Myers Squibb have been searching for targets because their blockbusters, Keytruda and Opdivo, face patent expirations that will erode sales for some of the industry’s bestselling drugs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

The screaming of infants consists of prolonged expirations, with short and rapid, almost spasmodic inspirations, followed at a somewhat more advanced age by sobbing.

From The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin