: of, relating to, or being life insurance with a fixed premium for the life of the policyholder and a cash value that can be redeemed on sale of the policy or can be the basis of low-interest loans
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During a panel on whole-life wellness, longevity was discussed as more than just hacking exercise and nutrition habits; experts redefined it as adopting a health mindset to live a longer—and happier—life now and into the future.
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Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 29 Oct. 2025
Prioritize metrics that honor the whole-life ROI of your service—coachability, vibration lift, energy efficiency and ripple impact.
—Shay Levister, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
The former nurse is serving 15 whole-life sentences.
—Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 1 July 2025
Kyle Clifford, a 26-year-old former British soldier who pleaded guilty to murdering his ex-girlfriend, her sister and their mother in Bushey, England, was sentenced to a whole-life order, meaning that he would never be released from prison.
—arkansasonline.com, 12 Mar. 2025
Kyle Clifford, 26, was sentenced Tuesday, March 11 to a whole-life order after he was convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend Louise Hunt, 25, her 28-year-old sister Hannah Hunt and her 61-year-old mother, Carol Hunt, the Associated Press reports.
—Christine Pelisek, People.com, 11 Mar. 2025
The fundamental unit of LCA is the whole-life cost, which refers to the environmental cost accumulated during a product's entire life cycle.
—Paul McFedries, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Sep. 2010
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Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 29 Oct. 2025
Prioritize metrics that honor the whole-life ROI of your service—coachability, vibration lift, energy efficiency and ripple impact.
—Shay Levister, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
The former nurse is serving 15 whole-life sentences.
—Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 1 July 2025
Kyle Clifford, a 26-year-old former British soldier who pleaded guilty to murdering his ex-girlfriend, her sister and their mother in Bushey, England, was sentenced to a whole-life order, meaning that he would never be released from prison.
—arkansasonline.com, 12 Mar. 2025
Kyle Clifford, 26, was sentenced Tuesday, March 11 to a whole-life order after he was convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend Louise Hunt, 25, her 28-year-old sister Hannah Hunt and her 61-year-old mother, Carol Hunt, the Associated Press reports.
—Christine Pelisek, People.com, 11 Mar. 2025
The fundamental unit of LCA is the whole-life cost, which refers to the environmental cost accumulated during a product's entire life cycle.
—Paul McFedries, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Sep. 2010
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