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as in biography
a history of a person's life
a renowned historian who has written lives of several early presidents
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as in person
a member of the human race
an appalling number of lives were lost in the war
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as in energy
active strength of body or mind
even though he's 86 years old, he still shows a lot of life
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as in lifestyle
the way people live at a particular time and place
frontier life must have been rugged, exciting, challenging, and more than a little dangerous
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Recent Examples of life
May underwent emergency surgery that saved his life.
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Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
Does the existence of DMS really imply the existence of life?
—Perri Thaler, Space.com, 11 Mar. 2025
Scientists are therefore left searching for signs of life beyond Earth using what telescopes can indeed see — light spectra.
—Perri Thaler, Space.com, 11 Mar. 2025
Visually they are individuated, but we are given to know almost nothing about them, and certainly not their inner life.
—Barry Schwabsky, Artforum, 1 Apr. 2025
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Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
Does the existence of DMS really imply the existence of life?
—Perri Thaler, Space.com, 11 Mar. 2025
Scientists are therefore left searching for signs of life beyond Earth using what telescopes can indeed see — light spectra.
—Perri Thaler, Space.com, 11 Mar. 2025
Visually they are individuated, but we are given to know almost nothing about them, and certainly not their inner life.
—Barry Schwabsky, Artforum, 1 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for life
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Leavitt, who flew more than 3,000 hours including in combat, and held leadership roles such as Air Force chief of safety and commander of the Air Force Recruiting Service, had her biographies, commentary pieces and a retirement tribute taken down.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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You might be drawn to one of these biographies after watching this documentary.—
Rick Kogan,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Apr. 2025
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Davis police on Monday continued their search for the person or people who shot and wounded three people in the city’s Community Park on Saturday sending UC Davis Picnic Day revelers scrambling from the chaos.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Every person in the USA, not just citizens, has a right to due process.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Apr. 2025
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Alexander Smirnov was sentenced to six years in prison in January after pleading guilty to lying to his FBI handler about the Biden family's ties to a Ukrainian energy company -- in addition to a series of unrelated tax fraud charges.—
Alexander Mallin,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2025
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Wade scored 157 points over the last four games, all Heat wins, and turned in a damn-near-perfect performance in the elimination game, playing with relentless energy on both sides of the ball.—
D. Watkins,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2025
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With 85% of the drug remaining after this period, the results indicate the depots could potentially provide drug release for significantly longer durations.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Mar. 2025
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The short-duration bonds are linked to CPI (the consumer price index), and reset every month to reflect inflation.—
Eric Rosenbaum,
CNBC,
23 Mar. 2025
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Reviews of With Love, Meghan on IMDb range from warm to wary, with some critics calling the show overly curated or leaning too far into lifestyle fantasy.—
Stephanie Gravalese,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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The Samsung Galaxy Watch FE is a budget-friendly Wear OS smartwatch packed with awesome wellness and lifestyle features.—
Shubham Yewale,
PC Magazine,
14 Apr. 2025
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Adapted from the memoir of the same name, Molly’s Game sees Jessica Chastain as the real-life former professional skier Molly Bloom.—
Keith Langston,
People.com,
16 Mar. 2025
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Several climbers who survived the storm wrote memoirs about their experience on the mountain.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
16 Mar. 2025
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Something will have to give between two men so seemingly unalike.—
Brendan Quinn,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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Having won the previous two editions of Paris-Roubaix, soloing to victory from 60km out last season, the Dutchman was bidding to become the first man to win this race three times in a row since Francesco Moser between 1978 and 1980.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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Premature removal of the plant foliage reduces plant vigor and bulb size.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
9 Apr. 2025
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Habba emerged as one of Trump’s fiercest media surrogates while one of his personal attorneys, defending the then-former president with vigor both in the courtroom and on TV.—
Ella Lee,
The Hill,
24 Mar. 2025
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“Life.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/life. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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