expectation of life
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of expectation of life
First recorded in 1715–25
Example Sentences
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Those inaugurated between 1850 and 1900 failed to reach their expectation of life by 2.9 years, on the average.
From Time Magazine Archive
Of course, if a person is older, his expectation of life is not so great .
From Time Magazine Archive
Every year their expectation of life at any given age is increasing.
From Time Magazine Archive
He speaks of the source of his earlier despair as a prolonged adolescent expectation of life.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ninety-seven years later another tontine, or scale of annuities, on the basis of the same expectation of life as in the previous century, was issued.
From History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science by John William Draper
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