expectation of life
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of expectation of life
First recorded in 1715–25
Example Sentences
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He speaks of the source of his earlier despair as a prolonged adolescent expectation of life.
From Time Magazine Archive
Of course, if a person is older, his expectation of life is not so great .
From Time Magazine Archive
"I wonder what the expectation of life of, say, an advertising agent of thirty really is�at this moment of time, I mean."
From Time Magazine Archive
At the century's turn the expectation of life at birth was less than 50 years.
From Time Magazine Archive
Even now that mortality is falling, and will rapidly fall for some time to come, still further increasing the female advantage in expectation of life; the more especially this applies to married women.
From Woman and Womanhood A Search for Principles by Saleeby, C. W. (Caleb Williams)
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