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life span

noun as in the extent of a being's life

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Not even six months into its life span, Merit Street was already looking chaotic behind the scenes and earning a less-than-stellar reputation: The notoriously conservative Sinclair Broadcasting Group soon axed the Tennis Channel’s longtime chairman and CEO, Ken Solomon, explicitly because of his simultaneous involvement with Merit Street as board member and adviser.

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These burrow-dwelling rats have a maximum life span of nearly 40 years, making them world's the longest-lived rodent.

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

Research from the University of Kansas’ Life Span Institute found that parents rated AI-generated text as more credible, moral and trustworthy than “expert-generated content,” even as researchers found inaccurate information was being given to the parents regarding children’s health.

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But subsequent analyses show this variant is not necessary or sufficient to extend life span.

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

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