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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After uniQure declined to renew Glybera’s marketing authorization in Europe following its expiry in 2017, the drug was withdrawn from the market.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
WTI is down 1.7% at $87.40 a barrel and Brent is 1.7% lower at $92.12 ahead of today’s July contract expiry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
Tributes were also paid to captain Bernardo Silva and defender John Stones, who will also be leaving the club this summer upon the expiry of their contracts.
From BBC ● May 25, 2026
Iran and the US agreed to the conditional ceasefire on Tuesday, just over an hour before the expiry of the deadline Trump had set for Iran to make a deal.
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 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
Pick strikes 20% higher for one- to two-months expiries.
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
Drugmakers across the world have been struggling with patent expiries as well as cutbacks in healthcare spending by cash-strapped European governments.
From Reuters ● May 2, 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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