set for life

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“That’s the most frustrating part because people think, ‘Oh, he got the money, he’s set for life, he don’t care,’” Wall recently told the Washington Post.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2025

Scientists say it promises to offer new insights into the early Solar System and how the stage was set for life on Earth.

From Science Magazine • Sep. 24, 2023

“You should have had enough money to be set for life, but you don’t.”

From Washington Times • Aug. 3, 2023

Thanks largely to the longevity of “Sunny,” he is financially set for life — he doesn’t really need to do anything more.

From New York Times • Nov. 26, 2021

But most of the cases cited are of men who had their growth, and had apparently, to a large extent, taken their form and set for life.

From How to Get Strong and How to Stay So by Blaikie, William Garden