useful life
noun
: the amount of time during which something is in good enough condition to be used
the useful life of a satellite
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By leasing the processors, OpenAI can spread its costs out over the useful life of the GPUs, which could be up to five years a person said, leaving Nvidia to bear more of the risk.
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Mackenzie Sigalos,ari Levy, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2025
Modeling is performed using ensembles of ARIMA, LSTM and tree classifiers, which estimate remaining useful life (RUL) and classify potential failure modes.
—Nagesh Nama, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Still, more than 20 years since its initial order, JetBlue officials said the E190’s useful life for the airline has come to an end.
—Zach Wichter, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
According to McAvoy, the new transmission line is designed for 100 years of useful life, will provide all water south of Zero Street once completed and will carry 67% of water from the Lake Fort Smith plant into the city.
—Arkansas Online, 27 Aug. 2025
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Mackenzie Sigalos,ari Levy, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2025
Modeling is performed using ensembles of ARIMA, LSTM and tree classifiers, which estimate remaining useful life (RUL) and classify potential failure modes.
—Nagesh Nama, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Still, more than 20 years since its initial order, JetBlue officials said the E190’s useful life for the airline has come to an end.
—Zach Wichter, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
According to McAvoy, the new transmission line is designed for 100 years of useful life, will provide all water south of Zero Street once completed and will carry 67% of water from the Lake Fort Smith plant into the city.
—Arkansas Online, 27 Aug. 2025
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“Useful life.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/useful%20life. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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