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continuing or lasting through a person's life
He had a lifelong love of nature. a lifelong friendship
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Recent Examples of lifelong
Pediatric doctor Morgan Quinn (Roden) and the Bills' VP of Stadium Development Gabe DeLuca (Daddario) have been lifelong friends, but Gabe has always held a torch for her – a fact obvious to their families (Pollan, Aaron, Schirripa, Murin)… and everyone else who crosses their path.
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Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025
In Wedding Crashers, Wilson and Vaughn star as lifelong friends John and Jeremy, who have a tradition of crashing strangers’ weddings to hook up with vulnerable women.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2025
From the initial purchase to the lifelong upkeep, getting a dog can certainly be expensive.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
She was fed up with actors (like Maya Rudolph) dipping their toe into someone’s lifelong vocation and claiming to be an expert.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
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Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025
In Wedding Crashers, Wilson and Vaughn star as lifelong friends John and Jeremy, who have a tradition of crashing strangers’ weddings to hook up with vulnerable women.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2025
From the initial purchase to the lifelong upkeep, getting a dog can certainly be expensive.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
She was fed up with actors (like Maya Rudolph) dipping their toe into someone’s lifelong vocation and claiming to be an expert.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lifelong
Adjective
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The Great Lakes region is being drenched by persistent lake-effect rains off Lake Michigan.—
Brandi D. Addison,
Freep.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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This resulted in persistent, runaway inflation and unmanageable national debt.—
Jim Nowlan,
Mercury News,
23 Oct. 2025
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Jerami Grant came off the bench for 29 points, hitting 4-of-7 from deep, while Deni Avdija added 20 points and Shaedon Sharpe tossed in 15.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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Goalkeeper Robert Sanchez deliberately aimed deep passes to both wings.—
The Athletic UK Staff,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Even an enduring and iconic cookbook can have unwritten chapters.—
Adrian Miller,
Southern Living,
28 Oct. 2025
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Why the most enduring organizations stop chasing trends and start designing systems that prioritize people over processes.—
Josh Browning,
Big Think,
28 Oct. 2025
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This year’s Wimbledon, however, reawakened me to the abiding, fundamental connection between writers and tennis players.—
Thomas Swick
September 5,
Literary Hub,
5 Sep. 2025
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But his contribution to the development and dissemination of zydeco has not been comprehensively recognized outside of the folklorists, musicologists and dancers who have always had an abiding appreciation of Chenier as ancestor, artist and ambassador.—
Alicia Ault,
Smithsonian Magazine,
25 June 2025
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The La Mancha manor home’s namesake, Josie, (real name is José Fernández-Pacheco) is an inveterate aesthete who is best known to Spanish television audiences as a presenter extraordinaire.—
Maite Sebastiá,
Architectural Digest,
4 Oct. 2025
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Unless just being an inveterate people-pleaser produces the same result.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
30 Sep. 2025
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It's designed to match players of similar skills into game lobbies and create a gameplay experience that doesn't pit new or casual players against hard-core players or pros who will likely annihilate them.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
18 Oct. 2025
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Talking of characters who make an impact, Deadline asks Andreatta about Rocco Siffredi, the hardcore pornstar who was the subject of last year’s drama series Supersex.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Lifelong.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lifelong. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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