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a history of a person's life
- a renowned historian who has written lives of several early presidents
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a member of the human race
- an appalling number of lives were lost in the war
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active strength of body or mind
- even though he's 86 years old, he still shows a lot of life
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the period during which something exists, lasts, or is in progress
- the Egyptian civilization had an extremely long life
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the way people live at a particular time and place
- frontier life must have been rugged, exciting, challenging, and more than a little dangerous
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“Life.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/life. Accessed 28 Jan. 2022.
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