service life

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Meta servers’ annualized failure rate is expected to go from 4.8% to 7.4% as a result of the lengthened service life, according to the memo.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

The air force had to keep extending the MiG-21's service life as replacements were not available.

From BBC • Sep. 24, 2025

The service life of these vessels is typically 20-30 years.

From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 2024

Regular maintenance is essential to catch problems early and prevent a potentially disastrous flood, not to mention adding years to your heater’s service life.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 29, 2024

I never found the office-work so tedious, my fellow-clerks so wearisome, nor the whole round of civil service life so dreadfully “flat, stale, and unprofitable,” as on that miserable day after the party!

From She and I, Volume 2 A Love Story. A Life History. by Hutcheson, John C. (John Conroy)