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: lasting or continuing through life
a lifelong friendship
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Examples of lifelong in a Sentence
He had a lifelong love of nature.
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Schools are not set up for male success; that has lifelong personal, and now national, consequences.
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David Brooks, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
The lifelong New Yorker explained his decision to pack up for Florida in a 2019 post on the social platform X, citing taxes and his strained relationships with state and local leaders.
—Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
The two met in 1968 as part of the same crowd of London’s bright young things and a lifelong friendship developed, with Hockney immortalizing Birtwell on canvas innumerable times throughout the intervening years.
—Emma Baxter-Wright, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Jones is best known for his work producing Frank Sinatra and Michael Jackson, or his lifelong friendship with Ray Charles, but his film scores, bouncing with energy and groove, helped inspire a rethink of what was possible with movie music.
—Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 4 Nov. 2024
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David Brooks, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
The lifelong New Yorker explained his decision to pack up for Florida in a 2019 post on the social platform X, citing taxes and his strained relationships with state and local leaders.
—Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
The two met in 1968 as part of the same crowd of London’s bright young things and a lifelong friendship developed, with Hockney immortalizing Birtwell on canvas innumerable times throughout the intervening years.
—Emma Baxter-Wright, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Jones is best known for his work producing Frank Sinatra and Michael Jackson, or his lifelong friendship with Ray Charles, but his film scores, bouncing with energy and groove, helped inspire a rethink of what was possible with movie music.
—Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Lifelong.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lifelong. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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lifelong
adjective
life·long
ˈlī-ˌflȯŋ 
: continuing or lasting through life
a lifelong love for trees
a lifelong friendship
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