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Recent Examples of lifework
That Miyazaki’s lifework is now grist for the generative-A.I. mill might be not only an insult but a copyright infringement.
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Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2025
Among the influencers in those meetings was Arturo Schomburg, a Puerto Rican historian of African descent who, as a young child, often wondered about the lack of African history taught in his classrooms, an interest that formed the cornerstone of his lifework of research and preservation.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 15 Feb. 2025
From a restricted viewing area not far away, Louise Prockter, a graceful scientist with sandy hair, glanced at a countdown clock and then back at the rocket, which carried her lifework.
—David W. Brown, The New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2024
Among the influencers in those meetings was Arturo Schomburg, a Puerto Rican historian of African descent who, as a young child, often wondered about the lack of African history taught in his classrooms, an interest that formed the cornerstone of his lifework of research and preservation.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 15 Feb. 2025
Plus: Big Tech’s swearing in Amanda Petrusich remembers Garth Hudson
An origami master who lost his lifework in the L.A. fires
What if the Attention Crisis Is All a Distraction?
—Erin Neil, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2025
Young artists want to reclaim their vision READ PART 2:Native art, Native artists: Breaking down the 'wall': Indigenous art masters inspired to rebel against gatekeepers
How an accident led to a career
Pruitt came to his lifework literally by accident.
—Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2024
How an accident led to a career Pruitt came to his lifework literally by accident.
—Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 20 Nov. 2024
Don Luigi Ciotti, a seventy-nine-year-old priest, has become a household name in Italy for his lifework as an anti-Mafia activist.
—Hannah Jocelyn, The New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2024
Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2025
Among the influencers in those meetings was Arturo Schomburg, a Puerto Rican historian of African descent who, as a young child, often wondered about the lack of African history taught in his classrooms, an interest that formed the cornerstone of his lifework of research and preservation.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 15 Feb. 2025
From a restricted viewing area not far away, Louise Prockter, a graceful scientist with sandy hair, glanced at a countdown clock and then back at the rocket, which carried her lifework.
—David W. Brown, The New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2024
Among the influencers in those meetings was Arturo Schomburg, a Puerto Rican historian of African descent who, as a young child, often wondered about the lack of African history taught in his classrooms, an interest that formed the cornerstone of his lifework of research and preservation.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 15 Feb. 2025
Plus: Big Tech’s swearing in Amanda Petrusich remembers Garth Hudson
An origami master who lost his lifework in the L.A. fires
What if the Attention Crisis Is All a Distraction?
—Erin Neil, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2025
Young artists want to reclaim their vision READ PART 2:Native art, Native artists: Breaking down the 'wall': Indigenous art masters inspired to rebel against gatekeepers
How an accident led to a career
Pruitt came to his lifework literally by accident.
—Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2024
How an accident led to a career Pruitt came to his lifework literally by accident.
—Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 20 Nov. 2024
Don Luigi Ciotti, a seventy-nine-year-old priest, has become a household name in Italy for his lifework as an anti-Mafia activist.
—Hannah Jocelyn, The New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lifework
Noun
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Perhaps most importantly, RPA frees human staff for more valuable, meaningful work.—
Kali Durgampudi,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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Especially given the ease of remote work these days, such moves wouldn’t be difficult.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
31 July 2025
Noun
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Today, only 100 to 200 women enter a religious vocation each year in the U.S., and some never complete the process.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
11 July 2025
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Yet both, under different titles, are devoted to the personal and social vocation of the same human beings.—
Alejandro Antonio Chafuen,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
Noun
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Health care has evolved from a profession into big business.—
Robert D. Greenberg,
Baltimore Sun,
2 Aug. 2025
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Johnson sees a reckoning ahead and is worried about teachers leaving the profession.—
Marybeth Gasman,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
Noun
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For occupations on the service agreement, the woman listed Washington Regional for her and Hiland Dairy for him.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
31 July 2025
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However, blue-collar professionals, many of whom do physical work either with people or machines, were the least likely to be seeking help from AI, and were therefore classified as the occupations least impacted by AI.—
Sawdah Bhaimiya,
CNBC,
31 July 2025
Noun
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Slowing Recent Job Growth Part of the FOMC’s mandate is full employment, and July’s jobs report showed some slowing in job growth.—
Simon Moore,
Forbes.com,
3 Aug. 2025
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The countries offer different protections and rights, as well as different opportunities for employment and eventual citizenship.—
Claire Harbage,
NPR,
2 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Gunja’s husband was a drunk who sold chicken and mutton bones for a living, collecting them from dhaba eating places, then transporting them to a bone-meal-fertilizer factory.—
Kiran Desai,
New Yorker,
3 Aug. 2025
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The stylish living area, featuring a plush sofa accented by leather pillows, cozy chairs, and walls of exposed wood, was framed by a coffered ceiling.—
Kinsey Giddick,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Models and their advocates have sounded the alarm about livelihoods hanging in the balance.—
Moin Roberts-Islam,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
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The horse carriage industry has long been a source of controversy in New York, with animal rights activists condemning the practice as inhumane, while TWU and other supporters of workers say banning it would destroy livelihoods.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
28 July 2025
Noun
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In April 1970, what began as NASA's third mission to land on the moon turned into a desperate fight for survival.—
Tal Frankfurt,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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For Principal Nicole Sledge, the summit reflects th school’s larger mission.—
Essence,
Essence,
14 July 2025
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“Lifework.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lifework. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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