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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

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Recent Examples of life spans And 47% of Gen Zers say traditional retirement planning does not sufficiently account for longer life spans, according to TIAA. — Preston Fore, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026 Laboratory studies have shown that rapamycin could extend the life spans of yeast and mice—but, in a recent randomized human trial, older adults on the medication didn’t seem to experience any physical gains. — Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 29 June 2026 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 Her life spans a century of dedication to and passion for all things creative in a lifetime of benefit to and for all. — Jerry Shnay, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026 What are the life spans of data centers? — Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 6 Mar. 2026 In many-minded terms, an octopus’s natural life spans so many lives that the one-minded might call it unnatural or even schizophrenic. — Mandy-Suzanne Wong, Longreads, 5 Feb. 2026 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

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Noun

Each implant can be programmed to recognize pulses with specific voltages and durations, allowing the network to selectively activate individual devices.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026
Instead of the aproximately one-hour mission durations of Starship's previous suborbital launches, Flight 14's orbital jaunt, if everything goes according to plan, is expected to last nearly 10 hours.

— Josh Dinner, Space.com, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of durations

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Some experts point to worsening public health since the 2008 financial crisis, citing factors such as growing obesity, long hospital waiting times, the cost-of-living crisis and other social causes.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 4 Oct. 2026
Using accounting as an example, Ladish said the AI is given tens of thousands of accounting problems to solve through trial and error, repeating them millions of times across thousands of parallel training runs.

— James Cirrone, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of times

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Because diesel, gasoline, and jet fuel are co produced during the refining process, capping diesel exports could trigger storage bottlenecks and force refiners to curtail overall processing runs.

— , CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
Since the island doesn't allow true rental cars (beyond the teensy, all-electric Twizys), hotel guests can hop on the hotel’s free jitney, which makes several runs there a day.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of runs

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Sharing stories, experiences, and encouragement creates safe spaces for survivors to begin navigating their own lives.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2026
The Indian pilot who was stabbed in the cockpit of a Flydubai flight carrying more than 170 people is being hailed as a hero, as officials say his actions saved the lives of those on board.

— Victoria Craw, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of lives

Noun

This is great news for keeping space clear of junk and extending satellites’ lifetimes—unless China turns that ability to get close to an uncooperative satellite into a military strategy.

— Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 29 Sep. 2026
However, the initial framework does not establish that sodium-ion cells can replace lithium-ion batteries across every application or throughout their operating lifetimes.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 20 Sep. 2026

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