expectancy

Example Sentences

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Here’s some good news: After falling in recent years, U.S. life expectancy rose in 2025, the Census Bureau says, to a record 79.4.

From MarketWatch

But it’s still nothing short of heroic that Europeans have emerged from centuries of war to build a transnational organization that helps deliver longer life expectancy, lower infant mortality, and more affordable healthcare.

From Barron's

But it’s still nothing short of heroic that Europeans have emerged from centuries of war to build a transnational organization that helps deliver longer life expectancy, lower infant mortality, and more affordable healthcare.

From Barron's

In the field, those 20-inch black-painted aluminum wheels wouldn’t stay pretty for long; those running boards would have the life expectancy of a fruit fly.

From The Wall Street Journal

The life expectancy at birth for the average American in 2024—a record high, according to a new report from the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics.

From The Wall Street Journal