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Recent Examples of lifework
Spreading that message is Bigtree’s lifework.
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Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2026
Four years after Farmer’s death, Clinton reflects on preserving her mentor’s lifework in health care and remembers his tender tenacity.
—Chelsea Clinton, Vanity Fair, 24 Feb. 2026
That Miyazaki’s lifework is now grist for the generative-A.I. mill might be not only an insult but a copyright infringement.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2025
Among the influencers in those meetings was Arturo Schomburg, a Puerto Rican historian of African descent who, as a young child, often wondered about the lack of African history taught in his classrooms, an interest that formed the cornerstone of his lifework of research and preservation.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 15 Feb. 2025
Plus: Big Tech’s swearing in Amanda Petrusich remembers Garth Hudson
An origami master who lost his lifework in the L.A. fires
What if the Attention Crisis Is All a Distraction?
—Erin Neil, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2025
Young artists want to reclaim their vision READ PART 2:Native art, Native artists: Breaking down the 'wall': Indigenous art masters inspired to rebel against gatekeepers
How an accident led to a career
Pruitt came to his lifework literally by accident.
—Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2024
How an accident led to a career Pruitt came to his lifework literally by accident.
—Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 20 Nov. 2024
Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2026
Four years after Farmer’s death, Clinton reflects on preserving her mentor’s lifework in health care and remembers his tender tenacity.
—Chelsea Clinton, Vanity Fair, 24 Feb. 2026
That Miyazaki’s lifework is now grist for the generative-A.I. mill might be not only an insult but a copyright infringement.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2025
Among the influencers in those meetings was Arturo Schomburg, a Puerto Rican historian of African descent who, as a young child, often wondered about the lack of African history taught in his classrooms, an interest that formed the cornerstone of his lifework of research and preservation.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 15 Feb. 2025
Plus: Big Tech’s swearing in Amanda Petrusich remembers Garth Hudson
An origami master who lost his lifework in the L.A. fires
What if the Attention Crisis Is All a Distraction?
—Erin Neil, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2025
Young artists want to reclaim their vision READ PART 2:Native art, Native artists: Breaking down the 'wall': Indigenous art masters inspired to rebel against gatekeepers
How an accident led to a career
Pruitt came to his lifework literally by accident.
—Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2024
How an accident led to a career Pruitt came to his lifework literally by accident.
—Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 20 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lifework
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Dark, sexy, thrillingly complicated—across the last 60 years, Charlotte Rampling’s oeuvre has been unparalleled, and now, at the age of 80, the Oscar nominee is still hard at work.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
20 Mar. 2026
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By night, this nifty work area transforms into Spotted Stone, the hotel’s plush cocktail bar lounge.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 Mar. 2026
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After Sonic Youth broke up in 2011, Gordon focused on her early vocation of visual art while playing in the experimental noise duo Body/Head.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
4 Mar. 2026
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Because by then, the essential gravity of her vocation has been established.—
Hadley Hall Meares,
Vanity Fair,
24 Feb. 2026
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Electricians, in particular, have emerged as some of the most in-demand—and AI-resistant—professions as companies race to build the infrastructure powering AI.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
19 Mar. 2026
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Tree work is consistently ranked among the most dangerous professions in the country.—
Calin Van Paris,
Outside,
19 Mar. 2026
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In an agricultural region battered by urbanization, climate change, and unjust occupation, the director chronicles a man’s desperate fight to preserve centuries-old ways of living.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
15 Mar. 2026
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Unlike the teams’ two January games in Minneapolis, played under the specter of heavy occupation by federal immigration agents, the matchup in San Francisco was played under more normal circumstances.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
14 Mar. 2026
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Policymakers were already split over whether to prioritize persistent inflation or lackluster employment.—
Eleanor Mueller,
semafor.com,
17 Mar. 2026
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Gauging stagflation risks The term stagflation will likely continue to come up, Aleman wrote in a recent economic analysis, amid high oil prices and weak employment data.—
Lorie Konish,
CNBC,
17 Mar. 2026
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Cost of living a major concern The plans come at a time when Americans say that inflation and cost-of-living concerns are their biggest economic gripes heading into the elections.—
Zach Halaschak,
The Washington Examiner,
18 Mar. 2026
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Slow living is encouraged here.—
Elly Leavitt,
Vogue,
18 Mar. 2026
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Ahead of a meeting in Brussels, the European Union's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said the bloc's foreign ministers would discuss possibly extending a naval mission that protects ships in the Red Sea to the Strait of Hormuz, without giving any details.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
17 Mar. 2026
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Indian hotelier Ashok Khanna founded the place as a response to epidemic stress levels, with a mission to rebalance holistically.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 Mar. 2026
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Food and drink Dining at The Cape is one of its biggest calling cards, thanks in part to Manta, the hotel’s signature restaurant from Enrique Olvera.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 Mar. 2026
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Like Obscured, Watermelon Pictures was also founded with a central calling.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Lifework.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lifework. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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