useful life
noun
: the amount of time during which something is in good enough condition to be used
the useful life of a satellite
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Past the useful life span of a wooden-hulled steamer, the vessel might have rotted away on the mud flats near San Francisco if not for a new gold rush in the British Columbian Cassiar district, which spiked shipping demand.
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Joel Sams, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Jan. 2025
In January, Amazon started lowering the useful life for some servers and networking equipment to five years from six years because of faster pace in AI development.
—Jordan Novet, CNBC, 6 Feb. 2025
The pump station was also at the end of its useful life and experienced corrosion due to water on the pump station walls, officials said.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2025
The company will also have a system for replacing and recycling batteries that have reached the end of their useful life.
—Barry Collins, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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Joel Sams, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Jan. 2025
In January, Amazon started lowering the useful life for some servers and networking equipment to five years from six years because of faster pace in AI development.
—Jordan Novet, CNBC, 6 Feb. 2025
The pump station was also at the end of its useful life and experienced corrosion due to water on the pump station walls, officials said.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2025
The company will also have a system for replacing and recycling batteries that have reached the end of their useful life.
—Barry Collins, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for useful life
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“Useful life.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/useful%20life. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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