life style,
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a variation of
lifestyle.
lifestylenounthe habits, attitudes, tastes, moral standards, economic level, etc., that together constitute the mode of living of an individual or group.
Example Sentences
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We asked the silver foxes for tips on life, style and aging.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
Meanwhile, telomeres shorten with each cell division, even as life style affects the degree of shrinkage—data now suggest that “married people, or people living with a partner, have longer telomeres.”
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 28, 2019
Given his hazardous life style, I wondered if he was still living.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 16, 2019
They came, it seems, to enjoy their own society, free to exult in a life style that is its own declaration of independence.
From New York Times ● Aug. 9, 2019
To me, a thirteen-year-old Black girl, stalled by the South and Southern Black life style, the city was a state of beauty and a state of freedom.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
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