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lifetime

noun as in span of animate being's existence

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That’s because the quality issue relates to the lifetime of the part before it needs to be replaced, the person said.

Whatever he did not spend during his lifetime would be passed down to his heirs.

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Three monarchs have been on the throne during my lifetime, and each understood that what matters is the impression they make on their subjects: their image.

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As for how to wind down before the day on which he achieves his lifetime ambition, Norris said he was going to try to relax in his hotel room on Saturday night.

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"It's so phenomenal to be able to say in my lifetime, I have seen something going from being incurable, a life sentence, to actually something that is a chronic disease."

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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