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Recent Examples of long-lived Older bottlings are periodically available, and Tawny Ports can be remarkably long-lived. Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025 Peonies are easy to grow and long-lived once established. Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 27 Feb. 2025 The good news is that these quantum states are relatively long-lived, for quantum events, lasting whole milliseconds: a long time at the quantum scale. John Koetsier, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025 But for dogs who take less than five minutes to completely rip apart that new toy, the excitement isn’t long-lived. Christopher Murray, Fox News, 18 Feb. 2025 How the Fed responds to the threat of rising CPI, whether bond investors view inflation as temporary or long-lived, and whether inflation is a global or US-centric phenomenon will determine the performance of the various options. Garth Friesen, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024 Seychelles giant tortoises average a 150-year life span, and related species can be similarly long-lived. Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024 There are dragons and trolls in Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, along with important swords and a race of long-lived elflike people called the Sithi, but Williams subverts the usual tropes. Sarah Jones, Vulture, 27 Nov. 2024 If successful, this process could deal with the americium that is the most dangerous and long-lived component of spent reactor fuel. IEEE Spectrum, 25 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for long-lived
Adjective
  • Mature males grow long, glorious, pendulous snoods.
    Alice Jones Webb, Outdoor Life, 21 Mar. 2025
  • That’s something Courtois has done for a long time, a staple of his technique.
    Liam Twomey, The Athletic, 20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Of those, 183 were children, 94 were women, and 34 were elderly.
    Daniel Estrin, NPR, 19 Mar. 2025
  • For an elderly retiree without home internet or a disabled individual with limited mobility, being forced to appear in person means delays or even losing access to benefits entirely.
    Shahar Ziv, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • In lieu of a lengthy appeals process, Gilmore opted for a firing squad and was executed in 1977.
    Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 29 Mar. 2025
  • Sawtelle Some best dishes off the lengthy menu include the house signature pork rice noodles, Changsha-style spicy tofu, Changsha-style spicy medley, the signature peel-and-eat spicy crawfish and spicy chili beef noodle.
    Kaila Yu, Forbes.com, 29 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • China’s far distance ahead of the U.S. in shipbuilding capabilities along with the countries’ rocky trade relationship have provided the driving subtext throughout the probe, which was spurred on by a petition from five labor unions.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 12 Mar. 2025
  • The dog led them to a mudroom in the far end of the home, next to the kitchen.
    Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • At just 10 years old, Romeo made his modeling debut in a 2013 Burberry Kids campaign, which also featured Cara Delevingne, after he was named the face of the brand’s children’s line.
    Angel Saunders, People.com, 1 Mar. 2025
  • Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson were the only players to hit that mark at 28 years old.
    Bobby Krivitsky, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The maritime disaster killed six construction workers, temporarily shuttered one of the nation's busiest ports, and spotlighted the vulnerabilities of aged bridges faced with increasingly larger cargo ships.
    Christopher Cann, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Sally Wainwright Reveals How Her Band Of 'Riot Women' Learned To Play A Tune -- Series Mania Heywood’s memoir turns on the story of how her parents took her, aged seven, on a trip sailing around the world.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 25 Mar. 2025

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