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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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But baseball was my childhood portal and magical looking-glass into what would be a lifelong relationship with sports, and a career of it.
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Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 19 June 2024
What actually goes through one’s mind in those do-or-die moments where the difference between eternal glory and lifelong disappointment is one tiny miscalculation or half-second’s hesitation?
—Andrew Barker, Variety, 19 June 2024
Williams has been outspoken about his lifelong experience as an artist who has sound-color synesthesia — an innate way of perceiving music to color to illustrate a deeper visual story.
—Malik Peay, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 June 2024
Such a crass introduction has no place at Saman Amel, where building relationships and understanding a client’s broader lifestyle is part of a philosophy based around the forging of a lifelong sartorial exchange.
—Simon Chilvers, Vogue, 18 June 2024
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Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 19 June 2024
What actually goes through one’s mind in those do-or-die moments where the difference between eternal glory and lifelong disappointment is one tiny miscalculation or half-second’s hesitation?
—Andrew Barker, Variety, 19 June 2024
Williams has been outspoken about his lifelong experience as an artist who has sound-color synesthesia — an innate way of perceiving music to color to illustrate a deeper visual story.
—Malik Peay, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 June 2024
Such a crass introduction has no place at Saman Amel, where building relationships and understanding a client’s broader lifestyle is part of a philosophy based around the forging of a lifelong sartorial exchange.
—Simon Chilvers, Vogue, 18 June 2024
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“Lifelong.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lifelong. Accessed 28 Jun. 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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