expectancy

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Over time, the disease worsens, and life expectancy is significantly reduced.

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

It’s the same tool that insurance actuaries use to calculate life expectancy, adapted to estimate how long a typical player might expect to play in the WNBA.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

The rare genetic condition causes progressive muscle weakness and, without treatment, can limit life expectancy to just two years.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 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

As the morning wore on the wind fell and the air grew heavy with expectancy.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien