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expiration

[ek-spuh-rey-shuhn] / ˌɛk spəˈreɪ ʃən /


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Ahead of the lease’s expiration, Srinivasan instead opted to buy a similar R1S with a zero-interest financing plan.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 8, 2026

Ahead of the $7,500 tax credit’s expiration in September 2025, dealers were eager to get the cars off their lots as fast as possible.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 8, 2026

Brett Donnelly, founder of Spectra Markets, had also said the lockup expiration and its effects were “surely priced in.”

From MarketWatch Aug. 7, 2026

This can include damage in transport, passing the expiration date, and unused doses from multi-dose vials, but a major factor are failures in the cold chain.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

“Though I fear he’s a bit past his expiration date. Otis, where are you?”

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

While a company will typically issue one set of common stock that is widely held by investors, it might issue many different series of bonds, with different expirations, which could trade frequently or rarely.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 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

That bumpy two weeks kicks off Thursday with the massive simultaneous expirations of stock options, stock-index futures and stock-index options, coming a day earlier than usual due to the Juneteenth holiday on Friday.

From MarketWatch Jun. 18, 2026

This entails buying a put option and selling two other puts with lower strikes but similar expirations.

From Barron's Jun. 3, 2026

They gradually lengthen the intervals between their inspirations and expirations, until, in three or four months, they succeed in making them an hour and a half.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885 by Various




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