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life span

noun

the longest period over which the life of any organism or species may extend, according to the available biological knowledge concerning it.
the longevity of an individual.

life span

the period of time during which a human being, animal, machine, etc, may be expected to live or function under normal conditions

First recorded in 1915–20

MSNBC has been a liberal pushback channel only for five years or so, or less than half the life span of the 24-7 cycle.

Even the average man will shorten his life span like a Cro-Magnon.

In that sense, it appears Allingham not only defied his statistical life span, but longevity science as well.

So, like Ailes, I roughly calculated my life span and number of days I might have left, considering family history.

Since these people have such a short life span our descendants will live hundreds of years longer than theirs.

I can spend a fortune every year for a long life-span, and still leave loot a-plenty behind my taking off.

Somehow, the plague incubation period had been shortened to fit their life span; the disease was nothing if not adaptive.

"If all time is totally present, then you must exist simultaneously at every moment along your individual life span," Allan said.

Now, of course, shortened working hours and medical advances have equalized the life-span.

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