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Recent Examples of lifeblood
Reducing disclosures and transparency means choking off the lifeblood, which keeps investors informed and prices rational.
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Richard Torrenzano, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2025
Unfortunately for the state, the internet is the lifeblood of the private sector.
—Joseph J. Gonzalez, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
That’s key because consumer spending is the lifeblood of the US economy, accounting for about two-thirds of economic output.
—Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
Data is the lifeblood of innovation, providing a foundation for assessing advances and provides fuel to support curiosity.
—Sheldon Jacobson, Twin Cities, 25 Sep. 2025
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Richard Torrenzano, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2025
Unfortunately for the state, the internet is the lifeblood of the private sector.
—Joseph J. Gonzalez, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
That’s key because consumer spending is the lifeblood of the US economy, accounting for about two-thirds of economic output.
—Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
Data is the lifeblood of innovation, providing a foundation for assessing advances and provides fuel to support curiosity.
—Sheldon Jacobson, Twin Cities, 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lifeblood
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Millennials, typically defined as individuals born between the early 1980s and the mid-1990s, are now at a point in their lives where their generational nostalgia is front and center.—
Saba Hamedy,
NBC news,
7 Nov. 2025
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Aldo Olivieri, il Gatto Magico (the Magic Cat), who had survived a fractured skull that required drilling to save his life and left him with chronic headaches, became the first-choice goalkeeper.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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Rock 'n' roll, jazz, rhythm and blues, funk, soul, hip-hop, heavy metal — they can all be traced back to the Mississippi Delta in an incredible American journey, one of many USA TODAY is following in honor of the nation's upcoming 250th birthday.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
10 Nov. 2025
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Oscar’s grouchy shell hides a strangely tender soul, which is classic Scorpio.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
10 Nov. 2025
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In this spirit, as with Bloomsday, there are Midwinter Day marathon readings!—
Diana Arterian,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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The 40th release, however, marks the first time the brand has ever released a tequila—an extra añejo blend put together by a leading name in the agave spirits industry.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
5 Nov. 2025
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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 14 Nov. 2025.
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