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lifeblood

[lahyf-bluhd] / ˈlaɪfˌblʌd /




NOUN
whole blood
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Its lifeblood of ideas is now the audience’s responsibility.

From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026

The protagonist of Ibsen’s play, Dr. Thomas Stockmann, is a staff physician at the municipal spa baths, the town’s economic lifeblood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

The Mountain View, Calif. company is working this year on attracting customers new to the franchise, which it views as the lifeblood of future revenue growth, Aujla said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

"The technological revolution we are living through should mean young people become the fresh lifeblood our economy needs to adapt and grow," she said.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

The portrait people were still missing from their frames; the whole place was eerily still, as if all its remaining lifeblood were concentrated in the Great Hall where the dead and the mourners were crammed.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling




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