expectation of life
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of expectation of life
First recorded in 1715–25
Example Sentences
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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.
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At the century's turn the expectation of life at birth was less than 50 years.
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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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Our "expectation of life" is not based upon statistics.
From Birds in the Bush by Torrey, Bradford
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