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  • noun Plural form of lifetime.

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Examples

  • In fact, the almost insane home appreciation that they have benefited from over their lifetimes is the biggest reason that seniors as a group have so much mre wealth than they used to.

    Social SecurityAnalysis, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • Many of the stoves have been made from local materials and by villagers without artisanal skills, resulting in short lifetimes in day-to-day household use.

    Chapter 10 2000

  • However, we are writing now because we believe that in the current political situation, we're fucked come what may - but our best chance of getting our grasping socialist mitts on Cabinet salaries again within our lifetimes is if we get rid of you.

    Archive 2009-06-01 Dungeekin 2009

  • However, we are writing now because we believe that in the current political situation, we're fucked come what may - but our best chance of getting our grasping socialist mitts on Cabinet salaries again within our lifetimes is if we get rid of you.

    The Letter The Backbenchers MEANT to Write Dungeekin 2009

  • I strongly suspect that studies showing that college graduates earn x% more than high school graduates in aggregate over their lifetimes are actually masking the fact that certain majors (english, anthropology, etc) provide little to know earnings boost on average and certain other majors (engineering, science, etc) provide much larger income boosts than are reflected in the aggregate numbers.

    My Education Rant, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • The fiat currency lab experiment of our lifetimes was the anomaly in history, not vice versa.

    Bernanke Croons A Remake Of 'I Am Not A Crook' Drew Mason 2010

  • "And all of you believe, like I do, that when one in three Native American women will be raped in their lifetimes, that is an assault on our national conscience; it is an affront to our shared humanity; it is something that we cannot allow to continue."

    Mark Trahant: "Docs or Cops?" Domestic Violence Is a Public Health Issue in Indian Country 2010

  • The fiat currency lab experiment of our lifetimes was the anomaly in history, not vice versa.

    Bernanke Croons A Remake Of 'I Am Not A Crook' Drew Mason 2010

  • One thing people have missed -- I'm involved in investing in technologies -- we are on the cusp, as an example, of what I believe is the biggest technology trend of our lifetimes, which is wireless broadband mobility.

    The New Role of Private Money 2009

  • Roy in Chicago writes: "It's ironic that someone in the media is asking this question, as the proliferation of the media in our lifetimes is the cause of this problem."

    CNN Transcript Jan 21, 2009 2009

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