as in durations
the period during which something exists, lasts, or is in progress
the lifetime of the camera's batteries was so short we couldn't get through a day trip without having to replace them
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Recent Examples of lifetimes
More than half of all Americans have either been or will be included in a blended family during their lifetimes, with 1,300 new stepfamilies forming every day, according to nonprofit The Stepfamily Foundation.
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Medora Lee, USA Today, 8 Mar. 2026
Our context windows are our lifetimes; our tokens are uncountable.
—Charles Yu, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2026
Hamnet has already surpassed the total lifetimes of Manchester by the Sea and Past Lives.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 1 Mar. 2026
The idea that some of the greatest artists of all time were treated poorly or forgotten during their lifetimes?
—Chris Willman, Variety, 27 Feb. 2026
No food, no fuel, no tourists Cuba is facing the deepest economic uncertainty its residents have seen in decades — or perhaps in their lifetimes.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 18 Feb. 2026
In 2024 Altman signed the Giving Pledge, a commitment launched by Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, and Melinda French Gates to give away at least 50% of their wealth to philanthropy, either during their lifetimes or in their wills.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 18 Feb. 2026
Humans couldn’t delineate such borders in several lifetimes, but the algorithm did it in hours.
—Amber Dance, Quanta Magazine, 9 Feb. 2026
But many people will also experience short-term fatigue over their lifetimes—for physical, mental, or psychological reasons.
—Katharine Gammon, Time, 6 Feb. 2026
Medora Lee, USA Today, 8 Mar. 2026
Our context windows are our lifetimes; our tokens are uncountable.
—Charles Yu, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2026
Hamnet has already surpassed the total lifetimes of Manchester by the Sea and Past Lives.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 1 Mar. 2026
The idea that some of the greatest artists of all time were treated poorly or forgotten during their lifetimes?
—Chris Willman, Variety, 27 Feb. 2026
No food, no fuel, no tourists Cuba is facing the deepest economic uncertainty its residents have seen in decades — or perhaps in their lifetimes.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 18 Feb. 2026
In 2024 Altman signed the Giving Pledge, a commitment launched by Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, and Melinda French Gates to give away at least 50% of their wealth to philanthropy, either during their lifetimes or in their wills.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 18 Feb. 2026
Humans couldn’t delineate such borders in several lifetimes, but the algorithm did it in hours.
—Amber Dance, Quanta Magazine, 9 Feb. 2026
But many people will also experience short-term fatigue over their lifetimes—for physical, mental, or psychological reasons.
—Katharine Gammon, Time, 6 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lifetimes
Noun
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While this design choice might seem inconvenient for prolonged use, a light press suffices, and most users will likely engage the stabilization for short durations.—
Matt Morris,
Space.com,
4 Mar. 2026
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While most storage systems provide power in four-hour durations, or increasingly, eight hours, the iron-air battery technology Google is using, from a company called Form Energy, aims to dispatch up to 100 hours of power at a time.—
Alexei Oreskovic,
Fortune,
2 Mar. 2026
Noun
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According to the researchers, shifting the blockchain processes closer to the hardware level resulted in performance improvements of up to 500 times and energy efficiency gains of as much as 10,000 percent compared with conventional implementations.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Mar. 2026
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Emails obtained by Fox 5 DC and WJLA-TV show that the Fairfax County Police Department had warned Descano’s office multiple times about Jalloh in the months leading up to Minter’s murder.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Lifetimes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lifetimes. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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