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Recent Examples of half-life
In a Life Kit episode, sleep researcher Matthew Walker said that caffeine has a half-life of about six hours in most people.
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Malaka Gharib, NPR, 19 May 2025
More than half of big US cities don't use chlorine, in part because free chlorine in water is highly reactive and has a short half-life and can interact with other substances to create harmful compounds thought to be carcinogenic.
—Matthew Korfhage, Wired News, 16 May 2025
The lizard hormone half-life was nearly 100 times longer (~2.5 hours) which led to more research focusing on increasing half-life, resisting degradation and enhancing binding to the GLP-1 receptor.
—Lipi Roy, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
For instance, experiments have shown the proton to be so stable that its half-life must be at least a hundred trillion trillion times the age of the universe.
—Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 30 Apr. 2025
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Malaka Gharib, NPR, 19 May 2025
More than half of big US cities don't use chlorine, in part because free chlorine in water is highly reactive and has a short half-life and can interact with other substances to create harmful compounds thought to be carcinogenic.
—Matthew Korfhage, Wired News, 16 May 2025
The lizard hormone half-life was nearly 100 times longer (~2.5 hours) which led to more research focusing on increasing half-life, resisting degradation and enhancing binding to the GLP-1 receptor.
—Lipi Roy, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
For instance, experiments have shown the proton to be so stable that its half-life must be at least a hundred trillion trillion times the age of the universe.
—Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 30 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for half-life
Noun
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And since the sun will appear to describe such a high arc across the sky, the duration of daylight will be at its most extreme, lasting exactly 15 hours.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
19 June 2025
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This tactic bumped our average session duration by 20%.—
Vaibhav Kakkar,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
Noun
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Calpurnia had a number of health issues in her lifetime.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
28 June 2025
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Buffett made a pledge in 2010 to donate his fortune in his lifetime or by the time of his death, doing so alongside Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates.—
Antonio Pequeño IV,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
Noun
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These tricks will extend the already impressive lifespan of the board.—
Anna Popp,
Travel + Leisure,
25 June 2025
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Strip Shingles, also called three-tab, are the most basic and economical, but have the shortest lifespan (typically have a 20-30 year warranty).—
Cameron Beall,
Southern Living,
25 June 2025
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Forrest asked that Gorman's right to request a bond hearing at a later date be preserved, which Volpe agreed to.—
Dale Ellis,
Arkansas Online,
29 June 2025
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Saturday night's attack was one of -- if not the -- largest of Moscow's war to date.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
29 June 2025
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The small, ragtag crew of replacements that Kennedy appointed two days later met this week for the first time, amid lots of empty chairs in a conference room in Atlanta.—
Daniel Engber,
The Atlantic,
28 June 2025
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This June, Champagne Taittinger is opening a brand new restaurant on-site, adding a full-service dining space to its visitor center for the first time.—
Rachel King,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
Noun
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What resulted was a seven-run inning from the Bluejays on way to the 11-4 win, marking a collapse to threaten the continuance of a season approaching the most wins in program history.—
Maddie Hartley,
Kansas City Star,
31 May 2025
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His team also asked for a continuance, or a postponement, of the domestic violence restraining order hearing that had been scheduled for June 4.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
6 June 2025
Noun
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The 70-year-old journalist broke out her unbelievably comfortable high-heel sneakers yet again — not just once or twice, but three times within the span of a week.—
Alyssa Grabinski,
People.com,
20 June 2025
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According to an Institute for Science and International Security report, the site has the ability to produce enough highly enriched uranium to make a nuclear warhead in the span of mere days.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
18 June 2025
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As a movie on its own terms, White Zombie (which would be followed up by something of a sequel, Revolt of the Zombies) can at times feel a bit stagnant, a trait that's not uncommon in these early '30s horror movies where the cinematic language of the genre was still being developed.—
James Grebey,
Time,
20 June 2025
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One of Biden's first acts after taking office in 2021 was to re-enroll the U.S. in the agreement, a move Trump reversed by executive order at the start of his second term.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
20 June 2025
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“Half-life.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/half-life. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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