expiration date

American  

noun

• expiration dates
  plural

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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• expiration dates
  plural

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expiration date

The contracts—known as perps—let traders bet around the clock and pile on leverage that amplifies their potential gains and losses, with the lack of expiration date further heightening the risks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Federal officials also ordered California’s Department of Motor Vehicles to cancel about 13,000 licenses due to a clerical error that allowed them to remain valid past a work permit’s expiration date.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026

For the stocks listed in this table, that would mean buying the straddles expiring on Aug. 14, or the next nearest date if that expiration date not exist for a particular stock.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 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

A container of milk in a U.S. supermarket bears only one date: the expiration date.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond