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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
Noun
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But that doesn’t mean those who fall short of the mark are doomed to a lifetime of work.—
Brian Baker CFA,
Boston Herald,
26 Feb. 2026
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Fleming’s work is a hyperspecific, manic, digressive observational comedy buried inside a cloud of performance-art strangeness.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2026
Noun
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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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Amy Steele dedicated her life to her vocation by choosing to embrace difficult situations instead of selecting the simplest path.—
Maria Williams,
USA Today,
20 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The medical profession has also become more female and less white, demographic shifts that favor the Democratic Party and are ongoing across the white-collar world.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Feb. 2026
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But commitment alone cannot sustain a profession indefinitely.—
Brian Bender,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Feb. 2026
Noun
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One day in August, a CBC crew arrived to mark the first anniversary of the tree-house occupation.—
Robert Moor,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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Greece was under Nazi occupation from 1941 until 1944.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
2 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The men, all aged between 20 and 39, had joined mercenary forces under the pretext of lucrative employment contracts, the government said.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 Feb. 2026
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According to Opportunity Austin, the Facebook owner employs about 2,000 people in downtown offices but there have been several rounds of layoffs since that number was recorded and its current employment is unclear.—
Karoline Leonard,
Austin American Statesman,
24 Feb. 2026
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Electricity bills have surged roughly 8% in 2025, as voter concerns have grown about rising living costs and energy affordability heading into midterm elections.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2026
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As her father was drunk too often to raise her himself, she was brought up by an aunt and uncle who barely scratched out a living as subsistence farmers.—
Elaine Blair,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Brende is the second chief of the World Economic Forum run out by scandal, a bad look for a forum whose core mission is promoting global stability.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
3 Mar. 2026
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Officials did not disclose the specific unit involved or the mission profile at the time of the crash.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Giving the play-calling to Idzik gives Canales the opportunity to focus on the team as a whole, while also providing a stage for the offense to improve under the 34-year-old coordinator.—
Mike Kaye,
Charlotte Observer,
27 Feb. 2026
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The incredible art schools have long been a calling card for LA, and the siphoning of artistic talent back into the faculty allowed the institutions to hold sway for decades.—
Nate Freeman,
Vanity Fair,
25 Feb. 2026
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“Lifework.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lifework. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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