Lifetime
noun
The length of time that a person or thing lives or exists.
She had never seen such beautiful mountains in her lifetime.
Often appears as...
- lifetime experience
- lifetime opportunity
noun
The duration of a period, product, or resource is useful or available.
The lifetime of this car battery is about three years.
Often appears as...
- lifetime warranty
- battery lifetime
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noun
The length of time that a person or thing lives or exists.
She had never seen such beautiful mountains in her lifetime.
Often appears as...
- lifetime experience
- lifetime opportunity
noun
The duration of a period, product, or resource is useful or available.
The lifetime of this car battery is about three years.
Often appears as...
- lifetime warranty
- battery lifetime
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Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Unique Occasion
Used to emphasize rare or once-in-a-lifetime events or opportunities.
Meeting the president was a lifetime chance.
Pro Tip 2/3Personal Journey
Refers to the personal experiences or developments over an individual's life.
Her autobiography captures her lifetime of adventures.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Weight
Carries emotional significance when reflecting on life's milestones or memories.
His lifetime of service to the community was honored.
Pro Tip 1/3Unique Occasion
Used to emphasize rare or once-in-a-lifetime events or opportunities.
Meeting the president was a lifetime chance.
Pro Tip 2/3Personal Journey
Refers to the personal experiences or developments over an individual's life.
Her autobiography captures her lifetime of adventures.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Weight
Carries emotional significance when reflecting on life's milestones or memories.
His lifetime of service to the community was honored.
Pro Tip 1/3Unique Occasion
Used to emphasize rare or once-in-a-lifetime events or opportunities.
Meeting the president was a lifetime chance.
Pro Tip 2/3Personal Journey
Refers to the personal experiences or developments over an individual's life.
Her autobiography captures her lifetime of adventures.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Weight
Carries emotional significance when reflecting on life's milestones or memories.
His lifetime of service to the community was honored.
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Why are there so many...
So, what's their secret to success? Insect abundance comes down to many things that together make them some of the most adaptable and resilient creatures, beginning with their impressive ability to breed. Many species can produce hundreds of offspring within their lifetimes. Most offspring will die,
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Alice Goffman: How we're...
I think many of the people who have been working tirelessly to write about the causes and consequences of our historically high incarceration rates did not think we would see this moment in our lifetime. The question for us now is, how much can we make of it? How much can we change?
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The psychological weight...
healthy weight for a lifetime that would be the way i would achieve my goal i had to come up with strategies that i could live with for two days two weeks two months two years now when you do this and you live this way and interesting things happens like magic you wake up two years
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Queen Ant Mating Season...
He's not the first consort to the queen, and he probably won't be the last. Driver ant queens are, for ants, unusually promiscuous. He'll be one of many suitors she'll entertain during her lifetime. His job done, he retires from the royal chamber and dies.
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How blood pressure works...
and at least 2.5 billion times during an average lifetime. That may sound like an insurmountable amount of pressure, but don't worry, your arteries are well suited for the challenge.
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Trash of a Human...
another plastic bag in the trash can over a lifetime we'll each throw away enough of it to fill up one of those trucks that's twenty nine thousand seven hundred pounds fifteen
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The life cycle of a...
And, finally, you might ask yourself, how many t-shirts and articles of clothing will you consume over your lifetime, and what will be their combined impact on the world?
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Periodical Cicadas...
For turtles and other inhabitants of the forest, this is a feast they're lucky to see once in their lifetime and they gorge themselves while they can.
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The Biggest Dinosaur...
The dinosaur embryos are so well preserved we can see they already have their teeth, in preparation for a lifetime of eating.
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Ferocious Dinosaur...
the dinosaur embryos are so well preserved we can see they already have their teeth in preparation for a lifetime of eating
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Why are there so many...
So, what's their secret to success? Insect abundance comes down to many things that together make them some of the most adaptable and resilient creatures, beginning with their impressive ability to breed. Many species can produce hundreds of offspring within their lifetimes. Most offspring will die,
Video examples
Alice Goffman: How we're...
I think many of the people who have been working tirelessly to write about the causes and consequences of our historically high incarceration rates did not think we would see this moment in our lifetime. The question for us now is, how much can we make of it? How much can we change?
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The psychological weight...
healthy weight for a lifetime that would be the way i would achieve my goal i had to come up with strategies that i could live with for two days two weeks two months two years now when you do this and you live this way and interesting things happens like magic you wake up two years
Video examples
Queen Ant Mating Season...
He's not the first consort to the queen, and he probably won't be the last. Driver ant queens are, for ants, unusually promiscuous. He'll be one of many suitors she'll entertain during her lifetime. His job done, he retires from the royal chamber and dies.
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How blood pressure works...
and at least 2.5 billion times during an average lifetime. That may sound like an insurmountable amount of pressure, but don't worry, your arteries are well suited for the challenge.
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Trash of a Human...
another plastic bag in the trash can over a lifetime we'll each throw away enough of it to fill up one of those trucks that's twenty nine thousand seven hundred pounds fifteen
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The life cycle of a...
And, finally, you might ask yourself, how many t-shirts and articles of clothing will you consume over your lifetime, and what will be their combined impact on the world?
Video examples
Periodical Cicadas...
For turtles and other inhabitants of the forest, this is a feast they're lucky to see once in their lifetime and they gorge themselves while they can.
Video examples
The Biggest Dinosaur...
The dinosaur embryos are so well preserved we can see they already have their teeth, in preparation for a lifetime of eating.
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Ferocious Dinosaur...
the dinosaur embryos are so well preserved we can see they already have their teeth in preparation for a lifetime of eating
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Barack Obama
American President
With the changing economy, no one has lifetime employment. But community colleges provide lifetime employability.
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Clint Eastwood
American Actor
I think everybody has something that they've been obsessed about in their lifetime.
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Pablo Picasso
Spanish Painter
It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.
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John Locke
English Philosopher
I have spent more than half a lifetime trying to express the tragic moment.
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Bill Gates
American Businessman
Americans move more than 10 times over the course of a lifetime.
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Charles Barkley
American Baseball Player
Bill Clinton is the greatest president of my lifetime. Period.
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Dalai Lama
Tibetan Leader
I am confident I will set foot again in Tibet in my lifetime.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Philosopher
Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults.
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Joseph Campbell
American Author
The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
American Poet
Youth comes but once in a lifetime.
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Barack Obama
American President
With the changing economy, no one has lifetime employment. But community colleges provide lifetime employability.
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Clint Eastwood
American Actor
I think everybody has something that they've been obsessed about in their lifetime.
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Pablo Picasso
Spanish Painter
It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.
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John Locke
English Philosopher
I have spent more than half a lifetime trying to express the tragic moment.
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Bill Gates
American Businessman
Americans move more than 10 times over the course of a lifetime.
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Charles Barkley
American Baseball Player
Bill Clinton is the greatest president of my lifetime. Period.
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Dalai Lama
Tibetan Leader
I am confident I will set foot again in Tibet in my lifetime.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Philosopher
Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults.
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Joseph Campbell
American Author
The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
American Poet
Youth comes but once in a lifetime.
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