lifetime
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To Mona, this thankless part is the opportunity of a lifetime.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Their lifetime is so short that any significant delay would prevent them from reaching the surface before they decay.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
His career spanned more than five decades, during which he received several major honours, including the African Movie Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and lifetime achievement honours.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Mr. Musk, the greatest entrepreneur of my lifetime, was right about the mission.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Isobel stands near the shadowed stairs of the one she called home for almost a year, what now seems like a lifetime ago.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
The boss of the biggest UK-headquartered tech firm has said that artifical intelligence will find a cure for cancer that humans cannot in our lifetimes.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
Researchers say amphibians provide a window into the past because they don’t travel far during their lifetimes and are sensitive to climate change.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
Developing superintelligence will be the most profound technological advance we will see in our lifetimes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
With only a handful of lyrics, she revisits a million lifetimes replete with monumental change and insights only an artist of her caliber could convey.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
Other studies show different numbers, but the same trend—a big disparity that opened over their lifetimes.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
