life span
Example Sentences
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At the individual level, you may extract much more or much less than you paid in, depending on accidents such as your life span.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Cronus was roughly 11 years old when he died, which is around the average life span of a male tarantula, according to experts at the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
Unlike oil, there are no strategic fertilizer reserves, partly because they have a relatively short life span of about three to five months.
From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026
The Mediterranean island, they thought, offered ideal conditions for studying the genes and habits that can influence life span: Its population is relatively isolated, with low rates of immigration and little genetic diversity.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 20, 2024
He himself had been enmagicked as a young boy, and he knew the consequences of the action—the odd eruptions, the disruptions in thinking, the unpleasant extension of the life span.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
