life span

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Unlike oil, there are no strategic fertilizer reserves, partly because they have a relatively short life span of about three to five months.

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

Technological advances may turn back aging, extending the average life span by at least a decade.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 3, 2025

The Mediterranean island, they thought, offered ideal conditions for studying the genes and habits that can influence life span: Its population is relatively isolated, with low rates of immigration and little genetic diversity.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 20, 2024

The females behave more like males, but this also reduces their life span and reproductive output.

From Salon • Oct. 23, 2024

Now he saw that his life span had always been determined by how long it took to eliminate all the Horcruxes.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling