half-lifes

variants or half-lives
plural of half-life

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for half-lifes
Noun
  • In 2010, Warren Buffett as well as Bill and Melinda French Gates created The Giving Pledge, a commitment to give away 50% of their wealth to philanthropy during their lifetimes.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2025
  • The researchers used information from the Dog Aging Project (DAP), which follows tens of thousands of pet dogs in the US over their lifetimes.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 21 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Major limitations include small sample sizes and short study durations, a lack of long-term outcome data, mixed or contradictory findings, and a lack of consensus on the optimal dose and schedule, whether that is daily or weekly.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Sep. 2025
  • But the gap closes for the return trip, with other carriers providing flight options with durations ranging from a little more than 28 hours to 33 hours.
    Chris Lau, CNN Money, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Mounds View running back Cayden Tran carried eight times for 46 yards and his first two touchdowns of the season, which came on runs of 7 and 4 yards.
    Tris Wykes, Twin Cities, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Hendricks gave up three runs (two earned) in five innings, striking out eight with no walks.
    Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Hurray for the Riff Raff is supporting the Head and The Heart on the final few dates of their in-progress North American headlining tour.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2025
  • That means the dates used to assign Zodiac signs by many Americans have become untethered from what actually appears in the sky.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 28 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This debris could increase micrometeoroid flux in Earth’s vicinity by up to 1,000 times the background levels, according to researchers.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025
  • In early January 2025, the Bureau of Land Management website explained the communities are in an area that climate change is rendering uninhabitable, mentioning climate eight times.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Maybe you’re burnt out from the constant people pleasing, or simply come to terms with the fact that work is taking a real toll on you.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
  • First, exchanges need to allow companies to list with greater flexibility, so that European firms can list at scale without being forced to seek more favorable terms overseas.
    Aman Ghei, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Rising living costs, inflation eroding purchasing power, and longer life spans have all made stepping away from the workforce more difficult than ever.
    Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Meanwhile, marine life spans from the ocean sunfish to the dusky dolphin—but thankfully, South Africa’s iconic great white sharks are nowhere to be found.
    Jared Ranahan, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
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“Half-lifes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/half-lifes. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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