expiry
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a coming to an end, esp of a contract period; termination
expiry of a lease
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the expiry date
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death
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Savings will be primarily reinvested in research and development, but some will be used to improve profitability during the patent expiry period of GSK’s dolutegravir HIV drug from 2028 to 2030, it said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Volatility is a key component in the pricing of options, as it determines how likely a strike price will be reached, depending on the time to expiry.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
For now, the expiry date on the cake shed community across the country, remains to be seen.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
“A surprise in either direction could spark an outsized move,” ahead of the Memorial Day weekend and next week’s June options and contract expiry, Eli Rubin of EBW Analytics says in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
The rain started again just after noon, and I sat under a dense pine nursing my last tin of meal replacement, the last-resort tin with the expiry dated for the previous year.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
Another way to benefit from the options frenzy is buying stock and selling calls with strikes 10% higher than the stock with expiries of a month or less.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
In addition, the selloff has driven up volatility across all expiries of bitcoin options, while sharp selloffs typically only raise the volatilities of short-dated options, according to Forster.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2025
In addition, Poundland is seeking rent reductions from landlords which, together with lease expiries, could result in an additional 70 or so store closures in the future.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2025
A raft of patent expiries that will stretch until 2016 is expected to drive growth in the global generic injectables market.
From Reuters ● Feb. 27, 2013
Previous lock-down expiries have helped drive Facebook's share price down to nearly half its $38 IPO level, but there is evidence short-sellers are losing interest, suggesting the drop may not be severe this time.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 13, 2012
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