life cycle
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An IPO used to mark the beginning of an investible company’s life cycle.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
The team is focused on what is known as “embodied carbon”—the emissions produced during the entire life cycle of construction, including manufacturing, transporting, installing and disposing of materials.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
Their life cycle is complex as they spawn in the Sargasso Sea in the North Atlantic Ocean before travelling to Europe.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
"These new findings help us better understand the life cycle of the tectonic plates that shape the Earth."
From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2026
It is important because many aquatic snails serve as hosts of dangerous parasitic worms that spend part of their life cycle in a mollusk, part in a human being.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
