expiration date

American  

noun

1. the last date that a product, as food, should be used before it is considered spoiled or ineffective, usually specified on the label or package.

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Example Sentences

Additional conditions allow for shares to keep trickling out into the market ahead of the six-month expiration date.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

It also approved an additional share buyback of $80 billion, which has no expiration date.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

You used it once — maybe twice — and now it’s sitting there, a little accusatory, inching toward its expiration date.

From Salon • Apr. 28, 2026

Following Rodríguez's remarks, Foro Penal vice-president Gonzalo Himiob said only another legislative act or referendum could undo the amnesty law, which had no expiration date.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026

What if Haazim Farooqi’s brain boosters had an expiration date?

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein