lifespan
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One key aspect she found lacking in off-the-shelf solutions was that they measured for a few decades but not for an entire lifespan.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
"There needs to be some kind of mechanism where adopted people's care records can be updated with family information that becomes available throughout the lifespan."
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
The maximum lifespan can average 400 years, the longest lifespan of any known vertebrate, meaning there are apparently Greenland sharks that are older than the United States.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026
The study also identified notable differences in how atherosclerosis appeared across the lifespan in men and women.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
People have a finite lifespan for a reason.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Vocabulary lists containing lifespan
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