Synonyms of life spans

life spans

noun

plural of life span

as in durations

the period during which something exists, lasts, or is in progress

I saw no need to pay more for a better-built computer that would just grow obsolete before the end of its life span

Synonyms & Similar Words

• durations
• times
• runs
• lives
• lifetimes
• dates
• spans
• standings
• continuances
• terms
• ages
• stretches
• tours
• tenures
• spells
• longevities
• hitches
• turns
• half-lifes

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of life spans

The concept of Mother Earth or Mother Nature as the center of the universe and source of all life spans Indigenous cultures around the globe. —Melinda Laituri, The Conversation, 4 Feb. 2026

Steeped in the civil rights movement Norton was born and raised in Washington, and her life spans the arc of the district’s trials and triumphs. —Matt Brown, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026

Move your body more Adding just a few minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity each day can help contribute to longer life spans, particularly for people with sedentary lifestyles. —Hunter Boyce, AJC.com, 21 Jan. 2026

From Kuwait to a small Italian university town, and then to New York and Arizona, his life spans love and loss, grief and success. —Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026

Thirty-year life spans, the long-standing benchmark for major sports venues, became twenty-five or twenty. —John Seabrook, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025

And, as stated above, cancers are usually a disease of the old, further reducing the likelihood of seeing them in a natural population where life spans tend to be relatively short. —New Atlas, 27 Nov. 2025

Such issues mattered less when life spans were shorter, Bauer explained. —The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2025

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