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Recent Examples of lifeblood
For Lippmann, that meant that the information people rely on to form their mental images would be the lifeblood, or the death, of American democracy.
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Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 29 Apr. 2025
This funding is the lifeblood of the partnership that has existed since the mid-20th century between the federal government and universities, which fueled our nation’s prosperity and long made American universities the envy of the world.
—Charles L. Welch, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
During the pandemic, the town became especially tight-knit, bonded by the uncertainty of the virus, the politics of an election year and the hardship of closing down restaurants and retail stores in a place where small businesses are an economic lifeblood.
—Ulysses Ortega, New York Times, 3 May 2025
But perhaps nothing provides a better snapshot of what defines Veach and his front office than the lifeblood of the NFL Draft, which will be held this year April 24-26 in Green Bay.
—Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 18 Apr. 2025
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Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 29 Apr. 2025
This funding is the lifeblood of the partnership that has existed since the mid-20th century between the federal government and universities, which fueled our nation’s prosperity and long made American universities the envy of the world.
—Charles L. Welch, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
During the pandemic, the town became especially tight-knit, bonded by the uncertainty of the virus, the politics of an election year and the hardship of closing down restaurants and retail stores in a place where small businesses are an economic lifeblood.
—Ulysses Ortega, New York Times, 3 May 2025
But perhaps nothing provides a better snapshot of what defines Veach and his front office than the lifeblood of the NFL Draft, which will be held this year April 24-26 in Green Bay.
—Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 18 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lifeblood
Noun
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Arrests and convictions affect a substantial share of Americans and can cast a long shadow of financial insecurity over people’s lives.—
Christian Weller,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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One of the great misfortunes of human life is the fact that much of it is spent in a constant state of worry.—
Tomris Laffly,
Variety,
10 June 2025
Noun
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One such soul was Madeline Buol (1902–1986), a devout Catholic and beauty shop owner living in Dubuque, IA, right across the Mississippi River from Dickeyville.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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See, what’s not on the Niagara Falls/Buffalo brochure is that Buffalo’s got a whole lotta soul.—
Rafael Peña,
Miami Herald,
6 June 2025
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Her work sheds light on issues such as human trafficking and systemic oppression, and Shakti hopes to empower other women through her paintings.—
Daniel Wine,
CNN,
24 July 2024
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The Milky Way’s earliest pieces In a recent paper, researchers using the Gaia space telescope identified two streams of stars, named Shakti and Shiva, each of which contains a total mass of around 10 million Suns and which are thought to have merged into the Milky Way around 12 billion years ago.—
Georgina Torbet,
Ars Technica,
10 June 2024
Noun
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For your weekend Going out Sunday Funday: Australian actor Felix Mallard loves to surf and chase breakfast burritos on his perfect Sunday Funday in L.A. Celebrate Pride: With Pride Month officially beginning today, here are 11 fantastic ways to celebrate your creative L.A. spirit.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2025
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Garrett, Allegany and Washington counties are now symbols of neglect, where economic despair has replaced the industrious and seemingly indomitable spirit that had once defined them.—
Daniel A.C. McBride,
Baltimore Sun,
1 June 2025
Noun
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The character, for all his dramatic shortcomings, has an inner light.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
19 May 2025
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Give your inner light a chance to shine, touch people’s lives and enrich the world around you.—
Eugenia Last,
The Mercury News,
28 Mar. 2024
Noun
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And for better or worse, practitioners have always stood at the ready, prepared to intervene when our chakras seemed blocked; when our humors seemed unbalanced; when our meridians surely became constricted; when our orgone levels were all out of whack.—
Ashley Fetters Maloy,
Washington Post,
10 July 2023
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And then there was orgone, discovered, or imagined, by Wilhelm Reich, the Austrian psychoanalyst and fallen Freudian.—
Nick Paumgarten,
The New Yorker,
1 Nov. 2021
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“Lifeblood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lifeblood. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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