expiration
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7.7
- noun
- /ˌɛkspɪˈreɪʃən/
- Formal
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- Honey, when you get to be my age and approaching your expiration date... ...it pays to advertise.
Examples
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His expiration date is not far off.
Blog text (30) -
Each and every one of us has an expiration date.
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Everybody's got an expiration date.
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Grief doesn't have an expiration date.
Blog text (4) -
Following the expiration of his second Senate term, Gunn returned to Georgia, where he died on July 30, 1801, only four days after arriving in the state capital of Louisville.
Academic text (2010) -
As he lay in the hospital bed, he contemplated the inevitability of his expiration.
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Facing his expiration, the elderly man reflected on his life with a sense of peace.
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The somber funeral reminded everyone that expiration comes for us all, no matter our age.
Synonyms
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1.0
The end of a living thing's life
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5.0
The act of dying used in a gentle way
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8.8
A polite way to say that someone has died
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9.9
An official note of a patient's death in medical records
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Etymology
Expiration is used for death because the word originally meant 'breathing out' — the idea of taking a last breath. So saying someone 'expired' can mean they took their final breath and died.