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- noun Plural form of
lifespan .
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Examples
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Here is a table of animal lifespans from the shortest to the longest:
Animal Life Spans 2008
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The aim was to build schools which are specific to local need with long-term lifespans beyond 30 years.
New Statesman 2010
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Most tiny creatures have short lifespans, which is thought to be due to having higher metabolisms that in essence burn the creatures out more quickly, but the olm has a similar metabolic rate to its closest relatives, which have much shorter lifespans.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Most tiny creatures have short lifespans, which is thought to be due to having higher metabolisms that in essence burn the creatures out more quickly, but the olm has a similar metabolic rate to its closest relatives, which have much shorter lifespans.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Similarly, time-scales (such as lifespans and growth-rates) and sizes (such as genome lengths, RNA densities, and tree heights) scale as power laws with exponents which are typically simple multiples of 1/4.
Are Cities Just Very Large Organisms? Sean 2009
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Given the "lifespans" of vampires, we're able to see the effects of this world on a number of humans who grow in it from children into old age.
Archive 2009-05-24 2009
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If you go back all the way to the Atari 2600, you'll notice a consistent pattern of 5 year console "lifespans" (most recently, the Xbox and PS2 broke the pattern a little at 4 and 6 years respectively, but not by much).
doggdot.us 2009
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If insurance companies fail to make a good estimate of expected lifespans they will sell annuities for less than optimal price.
Lifespan, Social Security, and Medicare, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Do you feel the annuity industry is using estimated lifespans of 30 years past 63 to price their products?
Lifespan, Social Security, and Medicare, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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People & private companies simply are not accounting for the real possibility of extended lifespans in the near future.
Lifespan, Social Security, and Medicare, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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