lifetime
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Economists estimate each standard deviation of achievement is worth $110,000 to $230,000 in lifetime earnings, so $10 billion buys roughly three years of that gain for two million children, about a $200 billion increase.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Most working Americans do not plan to wait until age 70 to claim, despite reducing their lifetime benefits by claiming the benefit sooner.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
Liverpool have issued over 400 lifetime bans after more than £1.2m of assets relating to the illegal selling of tickets was seized by police.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
“This is Truly a once in a lifetime find,” Brown wrote on Instagram in January.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
It had been mere hours since that moment; it had been a lifetime.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
Some of the resulting changes could persist for centuries and may not be reversible within human lifetimes.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 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
Perhaps the most surprising discovery was identifying what now limits magnon lifetimes.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 2, 2026
He added: "Most graduates continue to see big financial benefits over their lifetimes, and for young people from lower-income backgrounds those gains are often greatest."
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
I’d had three lifetimes in which to do it.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
