expectation of life
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of expectation of life
First recorded in 1715–25
Example Sentences
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Of course, if a person is older, his expectation of life is not so great .
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He speaks of the source of his earlier despair as a prolonged adolescent expectation of life.
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Every year their expectation of life at any given age is increasing.
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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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In England, for example, the average expectation of life for males at 20 years of age is 39.40; but at 60 it is still 13.14, and at 73 it is 7.07; at 100 it's 1.61.
From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Read, Carveth
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