lifetime
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Because their bodies are still developing, younger generations are expected to experience the greatest lifetime exposure to elevated atmospheric CO2.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026
In Sidmouth, families gathered to watch the event, with children describing it as a "once in a lifetime opportunity" and others comparing the shape of the Sun to a banana.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
In the span of a single human lifetime — between the Gold Rush and Prohibition — we killed them all.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Over her lifetime, South Korea has witnessed the devastation of the 1950-53 war, periods of military rule and the 1990s financial crisis.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
He’d had enough trouble with amnesia for one lifetime.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
L.A. arts patrons Betty Freeman and Richard Colburn provided important support for Salzburg during their lifetimes that included commissioning new work.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Those longer lifetimes are a key reason the material became so much better at conducting heat.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 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
Labor’s share of income, which is about 60% now, will almost definitely go below 50% in our lifetimes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
No doubt her time in the Underworld had given her enough ghost experiences for two lifetimes.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
