lifetime
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Synonyms: Noun
continuance, date, duration, life, life span, run, standing, time
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Examples of lifetime in a Sentence
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a lifetime spent traveling the world It would have taken me a lifetime to read all those books. Childhood seems a lifetime ago now! a chemical with a lifetime of only a few minutes the lifetime of a planet
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When you're used to winning with alarming regularity, that's practically a lifetime. — SI.com, "Das Reboot (Part 2): Where Do Joachim Low's Germany Go From Here?," 7 Sep. 2019 Judge Norko was a lifetime James W. Cooper Fellow of the Connecticut Bar Foundation and was a past president of the board of directors. — courant.com, "Raymond R. Norko," 1 Sep. 2019 Even the second-best theme-park shills in Orlando provided my kids with the joy of a lifetime, at least until the next outlandishly expensive trip. — Kyle Smith, National Review, "Orlando Magic," 22 Aug. 2019 Imagine reducing the stress that comes with paying off an unreasonably large sum of money in one lifetime. — Colin Nissan, The New Yorker, "Pay Off Your Student Debt in Three Easy Lifetimes," 19 Aug. 2019 The polymathic writer and public official authored some 30 books during his lifetime, covering such diverse topics as fine arts, religion and numismatics. — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, "A 17th-Century Ode to Salads Is Heading to Auction," 15 Aug. 2019 Willson Contreras, who is 7-for-13 lifetime against Anderson, will bat second for the first time this season. — Mark Gonzales, chicagotribune.com, "Robel Garcia bats leadoff for Cubs, Javier Baez slides to 5th vs. Brewers," 27 July 2019 The brothers’ grief, a lifetime apart, illustrates the serialized experience of violent crime and trauma, and a persistent lack of justice, that affects entire villages in Alaska. — Kyle Hopkins, ProPublica, "Clergy Abused an Entire Generation in This Village. With New Traumas, Justice Remains Elusive.," 26 July 2019 Sharks lose up to 30,000 teeth over their lifetimes, which is why the ocean floor is littered with them. — Erin Davis And Katherine Dillinger, CNN, "Shark Awareness Day facts to make you rethink 'Jaws'," 14 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'lifetime.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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