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lifework

[lahyf-wurk] / ˈlaɪfˈwɜrk /


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Indeed, Boyer’s lifework feels of another era both stylistically and philosophically.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

There followed a long period when silent films were virtually unmarketable, and the lifework of many actors and directors disappeared into warehouses or dissolved into silver.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

With his other great lifework, on behalf of the natural world, Grinnell accomplished much.

From New York Times ● Jul. 24, 2019

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

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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