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expectancy

[ik-spek-tuhn-see] / ɪkˈspɛk tən si /


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This was to cover the cost of her care needs and for loss of earnings up to the age of 29, her life expectancy.

From BBC

"Over time, considering the life expectancy in Brazil of around 75 years, there may be a carcinogenic risk since there's a possibility of direct and indirect DNA damage," says Cherubin.

From Science Daily

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