expectancy
Example Sentences
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Life expectancy at birth for 2022 and 2024 was 83.2 years- higher than the average of 80 across the countries surveyed.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
It is incurable, with a median life expectancy of 12 to 18 months—in other words, a death sentence.
From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026
One problem, as Fronstin puts it, is that “average” life expectancy doesn’t really help any individual very much — half of people will live longer than the average, and some will live much longer.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 5, 2026
Their findings suggest that higher tyrosine levels are associated with shorter life expectancy in men, raising the possibility that longevity strategies may need to differ by sex.
From Science Daily • Feb. 26, 2026
They all bore more or less the same expression, one of expectancy mingled with apprehension.
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
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