life's work

noun

: the entire or main work of a person's life
She made photography her life's work.

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These individuals touched the lives of thousands of people in the extended community, and have entrusted the Heartwood School with the continuation of their life's work and legacy. Deb Harvell, arkansasonline.com, 27 Oct. 2024 Promoting democracy was, in many ways, Carter's life's work. Corky Siemaszko, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2024 Michael Cera, Rachel Weisz, Colman Domingo and more are coming together to honor Pedro Almodóvar’s life's work. Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2024 Democrats who have worked alongside Biden for years -- if not decades -- and cherished his life's work on policy priorities are now entertaining uncomfortable questions about his political future. Compiled Bydemocrat-Gazette Stafffrom Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 9 July 2024 Big hearts in a small town Terrie Driver, who lives at the center of Bristol's new controversy, says raising 13 children had been her life's work. Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2024 Every June 13 marks the Feast of St. Anthony, a day honoring and observing St. Anthony of Padua and his life's work, devotion and generosity to the poor and the sick. Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 12 June 2024 Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, an Oscar nominee who made food and American diets his life's work, famously eating only at McDonald's for a month to illustrate the dangers of a fast-food diet, has died. CBS News, 24 May 2024 But now, her office is inundated with faxes, emails, texts and phone calls that have little to do with her life's work. Sydney Lupkin, NPR, 17 Apr. 2024

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“Life's work.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/life%27s%20work. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.

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