expire
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Officials from New York state’s Division of Licensing Services reopened questions about her qualifications and summoned her to Albany for a formal interview on Nov. 4, just weeks before her license was to expire.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 2026
The Austrian arrives at the City Ground as a replacement for Vitor Pereira, who was sacked on Tuesday - two minutes before an exit clause in his contract was due to expire.
From BBC • Jul. 6, 2026
Under Kenyan law, copyrights expire 50 years after the composer’s death.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 5, 2026
Once the IPO hype cools and lockup periods expire, reality tends to show up in a hurry.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 25, 2026
Why did most of them pick the 23rd to expire in concert, in the presence of all those supposedly harmless humans?
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing expire
"The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs
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