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lifelong

American  
[lahyf-lawng, -long] / ˈlaɪfˌlɔŋ, -ˌlɒŋ /

adjective

  1. lasting or continuing through all or much of one's life.

    lifelong regret.
lifelong British  
/ ˈlaɪfˌlɒŋ /

adjective

  1. lasting for or as if for a lifetime

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Etymology

Origin of lifelong

1750–60; life + long 1 (adv.)

Example Sentences

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But they are actually designed as lifelong treatments for chronic diseases, namely obesity and Type 2 diabetes.

From The Wall Street Journal

"I commend your victims for coming forward to relive lifelong trauma and today justice has caught up with you."

From BBC

“He really defined himself at that point,” said Kathleen O’Brien, 80, a lifelong resident who has served on the city council, among other civic posts.

From The Wall Street Journal

"I served there. I made lifelong friends there. And I lost friends there," the prince said.

From BBC

Honnold, 40, who is married with two children, said it was "a lifelong dream" to scale a skyscraper.

From BBC

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