expire
verb (used without object)
to come to an end; terminate, as a contract, guarantee, or offer.
is expiring
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present progressiveof expire (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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You read that right: The majority of enrollees will continue to have a plan at $50 a month or cheaper, even without the extra pandemic-era subsidy that is expiring.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
A supply contract signed in spring 2022 is expiring, and talks are underway for a new deal.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2025
Now, six years after Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong bought The Times in 2018, the lease on the Olympic plant is expiring, and paying rent has become untenable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2024
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission needs to set a new quota for next year and beyond because the current management plan is expiring.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 5, 2024
Time himself, supported against a broken column, is expiring, his scythe falling from his grasp and a long clay pipe breaking in two as it falls from his lips.
From The Social History of Smoking by Apperson, George Latimer
