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lifer

noun as in felon

noun as in prisoner

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An Apple lifer, Cue has been with the company since the late 1980s and has long overseen the division of the company that may be the most successful during the Tim Cook era: services.

He will be succeeded by John Furner, a Walmart lifer who worked his way up from the shop floor and now serves as head of the company's US business.

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“I’ve been seeing this for months and enough was enough — I had to join,” said the Little Village lifer.

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Ortega was approved last year to serve another four-year term by the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, but doesn’t think he’s a lifer because “it’s sometimes good to have new leadership.”

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Mojave Gold arrives as a new crop of nightlife spots have opened to serve both desert lifers and newcomers to the small towns near Joshua Tree National Park.

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

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