mean life

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Ms Ming said that "life should mean life".

From BBC • Oct. 6, 2025

“It could mean life or death,” McDuffie said.

From Seattle Times • May 19, 2024

Because pinpointing a food allergy could mean life or death, an accurate diagnosis is critical.

From Science Daily • Nov. 7, 2023

So if mice live several years, and naked mole rats live 30 years, and we live about 80 years, does that mean life spans are genetically programmed?

From Scientific American • Jul. 31, 2023

Still, Nye was glad to have seen it; each item—the palliatives for sore gums, the greasy Honolulu pillow—gave him a clearer impression of the owner and his lonely, mean life.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote