lifetime
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Before she caught the public art bug, the artist — who won the International Sculpture Center’s 2026 lifetime achievement award — caught the monumental art bug.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026
Vincent van Gogh, who only sold a handful of paintings during his lifetime, is the classic example.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Sandy Smith, 72, says he has "seen it all" in a lifetime of supporting the Dons.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
Over its remarkably long lifetime, Swift's scientific contributions expanded far beyond its original focus on gamma-ray bursts.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026
At thirty-one years old, Farmer had dealt with more varieties of illness than most physicians would see in a lifetime.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
Using this type of flat rate structure would significantly decrease the amount that beneficiaries receive over their lifetimes.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
In 2015, Zuckerberg and his wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan, pledged to give away 99% of his Facebook shares over their lifetimes when they celebrated the birth of their first daughter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
He called himself "Sir Wicknell", a nod to the embellishment that epitomised his lifestyle - and a nickname some used for the 45-year-old who packed enough controversy into his short life to last several lifetimes.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Scientists therefore expect stars with fewer heavy elements to produce weaker winds and lose less mass during their lifetimes.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
People wore different kinds of chains across their lifetimes, but it wasn’t hard to interpret rebellion, even when the rebels wore costumes to deny blame.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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