lifework
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of lifework
Example Sentences
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Wiener’s lifework and his failure to predict its consequences are intimately bound up in the idea of an impending technological singularity.
From Slate • Feb. 28, 2019
"They feel that Disney is undoing their lifework of conserving wild animals for future open seasons."
From Time • Aug. 8, 2017
He had properly assessed the components of her identity, the parts of her great labor, the variety of her lifework.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 27, 2016
A science prodigy, he planned a career in the field until he discovered that his lifework had been usurped.
From New York Times • Dec. 12, 2013
Now tell me why we have no papers, no printed materials written by this great artist about his lifework?
From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett
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