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of one's life

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  1. Being the greatest, worst, or best occasion of a lifetime, as in She was having the time of her life at the party, or The threatened takeover of the company put the president in the fight of his life.


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The Collins team have defined it as "a period of one's life or career that is of a distinctive character".

From BBC • Oct. 31, 2024

However, during the course of one's life, random changes occur in the methylation patterns.

From Science Daily • May 9, 2024

One forgets, in a predigital world, how much of one’s life in a city involved yelling.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 22, 2024

Hobbs mentions aspects of writers’ brands that aren’t looks, like being vulnerable and witty online, and willing to sell off pieces of one’s life in personal essays or Grub Street interviews.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2022

There’s no bitterness in her voice, just the mortal sadness of looking ahead, toward the end of one’s life, at the gray streets and the rain.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich