half-lifes

variants or half-lives
plural of half-life

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for half-lifes
Noun
  • Literal lifetimes separated the city from getting to celebrate the basketball team that feels like a family heirloom.
    Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 14 June 2026
  • The cume has now surpassed the lifetimes of Get Out, Smile, Weapons, and Nosferatu, becoming the seventh-biggest Horror of all-time.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 14 June 2026
Noun
  • With habitats in place, along with solar and nuclear power stations, rotating astronaut crews could live and work on the moon for long durations much like space station fliers have done in Earth orbit for the past quarter century.
    William Harwood, CBS News, 9 June 2026
  • Six were suspended for various durations.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 9 June 2026
Noun
  • Braxton Ashcraft pitched six strong innings, batterymate Endy Roriguez drove in three runs and Ryan O'Hearn had three hits to help the Pittsburgh Pirates rout the Seattle Mariners 11-1 on Wednesday night.
    CBS News, CBS News, 25 June 2026
  • The Twins’ bats answered in their half of the second, with four hits and three runs.
    Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 25 June 2026
Noun
  • The scent of pistachio and spices invited visitors toward vendors who offered samples of sweets stuffed with dates or nuts and shots of strong black coffee spiced heavily with cardamom.
    Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 21 June 2026
  • The names listed are of those who reported a burglary and the dates are when the crime is believed to have taken place.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 June 2026
Noun
  • This would mean producing more than 50 times more compute annually than all of TSMC.
    Rob Toews, Forbes.com, 22 June 2026
  • Sometimes, the streets appear glittering; other times, seedy and dangerous.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2026
Noun
  • Engineering and architecture students fared best, in money terms, followed by business and economics majors.
    Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 25 June 2026
  • In terms of the creator economy, a conference track called Seriesly Creators will be dedicated to creator IP and emerging models for series.
    Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 24 June 2026
Noun
  • Within that category, repair emerged as a particularly strong theme, reflecting a growing desire for extending product life spans over continually purchasing new items.
    Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 11 June 2026
  • This embrace of coal is a short-term fix—extending the life spans of older coal-burning plants rather than spawning a wave of new ones.
    Jordan Blum, Fortune, 19 May 2026
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“Half-lifes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/half-lifes. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.

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