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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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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
Noun
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Benfica are not rooting for Enzo Fernandez to become a world champion this time around.—
Liam Twomey,
New York Times,
28 June 2025
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Conveniently offered in a flip-top box, the back of the 4 by 6-inch cards includes the type of soil, hardiness, habitat, bloom time, pollinators, and pests for each flower type.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
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 report also revealed a striking finding: 14 percent of Americans encountered political content from Tucker Carlson in the week following the Trump inauguration, placing him ahead of many institutional media brands in terms of reach among key demographics.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 June 2025
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California politics: In the June 18 Section A, a column about U.S. senators running for governor said former California Gov. George Deukmejian was term limited.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2025
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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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To identify drag points, conduct decision audits, organization network analysis and span of control reviews.—
Bala Sathyanarayanan,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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My last question: How is life in Malibu now after the fires?—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
23 June 2025
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Thus, scientists are looking at its life span, possible numbers in the ocean and predators.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 June 2025
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“Half-life.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/half-life. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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