lifetime

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As for lifetime achievement honors, Robert Smigel presented Stephen Colbert with the Walter Bernstein Award for critiquing the power elite on his late-night show, which will air its final episode in May.

From Los Angeles Times

The designation as supreme leader is a lifetime appointment.

From The Wall Street Journal

"It's just wonderful for this breed. He's the dog of a lifetime. He's really, really special."

From BBC

Using rare isotope beams at Michigan State University and highly sensitive gamma ray detectors, the team measured the lifetimes of excited nuclear states with precision on the scale of picoseconds.

From Science Daily

Talking of Stockley Park, I can honestly say that place is having the biggest impact on professional football in my lifetime - and not, I may add, in a positive way.

From BBC