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.
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"I wonder what the expectation of life of, say, an advertising agent of thirty really is�at this moment of time, I mean."
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Those inaugurated between 1850 and 1900 failed to reach their expectation of life by 2.9 years, on the average.
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Every year their expectation of life at any given age is increasing.
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Justice is the highest expectation of life; it is only wise so to live that one's "expectation may not be disappointed."
From True to His Home A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin by Pierce, H. Winthrop
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