life spans

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 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 To extend their life spans, keep them in a storage case when not needed. Bestreviews, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2025 Thanks to such advances as antibiotics and better sanitation, our life spans have roughly doubled since 1900. Tad Friend, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for life spans
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
  • To promote what executives described as modern ways of working, Elanco changed blueprint plans several times over the course of half a decade.
    Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The federal government has either shut down or experienced funding gaps 14 times since 1980.
    Kevin Breuninger,Sam Meredith, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The Rangers ranked in the bottom half of the league in runs, batting average and on-base percentage in each of the past two seasons after having one of the majors’ best offenses during the 2023 championship season.
    Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Oct. 2025
  • McLaren had earlier tweaked the front wing angles on both cars after initial runs, with Piastri reporting understeer before improving.
    Alex Harrington, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • This extra information could have saved the lives of tourists who overestimate their hiking resilience, unhoused people unsure of their options to cool down and senior citizens who wait too long to ask for help — all causes of heat deaths every summer in Arizona.
    Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The study found the country is so beloved, a whopping 84 percent of expats who move there are happy with their lives, compared to just 67 percent of expats globally.
    Katie Nadworny, Travel + Leisure, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In addition, the EPA would ease regulations on water and air pollution to allow for the extension of coal power plants’ lifetimes.
    Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Even light, which zipped at breathtaking pace across the dark, took many human lifetimes to traverse a single galaxy.
    Angus Fletcher, Big Think, 29 Sep. 2025

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“Life spans.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/life%20spans. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.

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