for life
idiom
: for the whole of one's life : for the rest of one's life
They met in college and have remained friends for life.
He was sentenced to prison for life.
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The huge telescope will directly image small, rocky exoplanets and look for possible conditions suitable for life outside our solar system.
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Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 10 Dec. 2025
One of his surviving victims says the execution is a long time coming − almost 40 years after his crimes terrorized a community, devastated Pulley's family and left at least a dozen women traumatized for life.
—Kirsten Fiscus, USA Today, 10 Dec. 2025
An existential struggle for life.
—Sarah Lynch Baldwin, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025
That critique wounded me for life.
—Miami Herald, 10 Dec. 2025
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Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 10 Dec. 2025
One of his surviving victims says the execution is a long time coming − almost 40 years after his crimes terrorized a community, devastated Pulley's family and left at least a dozen women traumatized for life.
—Kirsten Fiscus, USA Today, 10 Dec. 2025
An existential struggle for life.
—Sarah Lynch Baldwin, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025
That critique wounded me for life.
—Miami Herald, 10 Dec. 2025
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“For life.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/for%20life. Accessed 15 Dec. 2025.
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