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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
In addition to spending several of their formative years onstage together as part of Destiny's Child, the duo remain lifelong friends.
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Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Feb. 2026
Since landing at the Korean Independent School of Seoul (KISS), Kitty has fallen in love (more than once), made lifelong friends and put her matchmaking skills to good use.
—Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 19 Feb. 2026
Greenland appears to have been a lifelong preoccupation of Adolf Hitler’s.
—Timothy W. Ryback, The Atlantic, 19 Feb. 2026
Participating in the Berlinale Co-Pro Series event, the series turns on two lifelong friends who are hired to create a television series centered on a bank heist.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 18 Feb. 2026
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Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Feb. 2026
Since landing at the Korean Independent School of Seoul (KISS), Kitty has fallen in love (more than once), made lifelong friends and put her matchmaking skills to good use.
—Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 19 Feb. 2026
Greenland appears to have been a lifelong preoccupation of Adolf Hitler’s.
—Timothy W. Ryback, The Atlantic, 19 Feb. 2026
Participating in the Berlinale Co-Pro Series event, the series turns on two lifelong friends who are hired to create a television series centered on a bank heist.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 18 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lifelong
Adjective
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Students continue to struggle with foundational skills like reading and math, with persistent rates of underperformance even years after disruptive events such as the pandemic.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
17 Feb. 2026
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By Michael Sasso | Bloomberg US homebuilders’ confidence slipped again this month, bogged down by persistent worries over affordability and high construction costs.—
Bloomberg,
Oc Register,
17 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Gas fireplaces turn on with a flip of a switch and deep Italian marble tubs are easily large enough for two.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 Feb. 2026
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Driving through deep water can also affect a vehicle's mechanical and electrical systems.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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It’s meant to be an enduring tribute that people years from now can look up.—
Shirley Halperin,
Rolling Stone,
17 Feb. 2026
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After six decades together, their love is not just enduring.—
Yolanda Harris,
AJC.com,
13 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Though only married for a few years, their partnership feels seasoned, fortified by faith, ambition and an abiding sense of gratitude.—
Partner Content,
Variety,
17 Dec. 2025
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And civilians on both sides, despite a deep and abiding mistrust between the Catholic and Protestant communities, had also had enough.—
Ned Temko,
Christian Science Monitor,
2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Chris Matthews, the inveterate Washington insider and analyst, joins us to talk about the state of politics and the press.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
5 Dec. 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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Whites abound throughout the larger Médoc, but Listrac-Médoc is a hard-core red wine zone, so it was considered daring to produce a white here.—
Mike DeSimone,
Robb Report,
16 Feb. 2026
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Not all posts were hard-core politics.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Lifelong.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lifelong. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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