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as in older
being of advanced years and especially past middle age
that sequoia tree is especially long-lived, having reached an age generally estimated to be at least 3,000 years
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as in long
lasting for a considerable time
much to the relief of his parents, the youth's interest in the piano proved to be long-lived
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Recent Examples of long-lived
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.
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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
The Dead, in particular, would go on to have a fiercely devoted and long-lived fandom, even as the band didn’t enjoy the radio success of the Airplane or Big Brother until 1987’s surprise hit Touch of Grey.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 25 Oct. 2024
The growth here in America seems to be more long-lived, as sales for the three-month period to the end of September 2024 set a new record in EV deliveries, adds Kelley Blue Book.
—Owen Bellwood / Jalopnik, Quartz, 15 Oct. 2024
The compound engine, as long-lived as a human heart, labouring in huge, tender, pumping motions—steel gymnastics—the aromas rising as if from a kitchen.
—Tomas Tranströmer, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
The final shot of the season settles just above the very recognizable ears and wispy white hairs of Yoda, long-lived enough to have seen the Republic at its height before its fall.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 17 July 2024
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
The Dead, in particular, would go on to have a fiercely devoted and long-lived fandom, even as the band didn’t enjoy the radio success of the Airplane or Big Brother until 1987’s surprise hit Touch of Grey.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 25 Oct. 2024
The growth here in America seems to be more long-lived, as sales for the three-month period to the end of September 2024 set a new record in EV deliveries, adds Kelley Blue Book.
—Owen Bellwood / Jalopnik, Quartz, 15 Oct. 2024
The compound engine, as long-lived as a human heart, labouring in huge, tender, pumping motions—steel gymnastics—the aromas rising as if from a kitchen.
—Tomas Tranströmer, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
The final shot of the season settles just above the very recognizable ears and wispy white hairs of Yoda, long-lived enough to have seen the Republic at its height before its fall.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 17 July 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for long-lived
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Glory Beach is accessible via a long elevated boardwalk thanks to the film’s producers, who built the structure to provide an easy path across the sand dunes and freshwater pools.—
Symiah Dorsey,
Southern Living,
19 Jan. 2025
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Biden oversaw the end of the longest war in U.S. history in August 2021, pulling troops out of Afghanistan in line with a deal struck with the Taliban by the first Trump administration.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
19 Jan. 2025
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Puente was eventually taken into custody after an elderly man at a Los Angeles bar struck up a conversation with her and soon recognized her from the news.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
18 Jan. 2025
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America’s elderly prison population is rising, partly because of more people serving long sentences for violent crimes.—
Sarah Kliff,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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Settlement talks, aimed at averting lengthy and public litigation, are the norm, but crypto companies say the SEC under Gensler has been unwilling to engage in substantive discussions.—
Hannah Lang and Chris Prentice,
USA TODAY,
16 Jan. 2025
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However, such a move would require a lengthy legal process, including hearings and appeals.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
16 Jan. 2025
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From far Western Europe, the partial lunar eclipse phase preceding totality will be most of the main event.—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
13 Jan. 2025
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In response to the rise of populism or the far right, the centrist parties tend to close ranks, and that in turn strengthens both far-left and far-right parties even more.—
Isaac Chotiner,
The New Yorker,
8 Jan. 2025
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Women and adults younger than 45 are more likely than men and older adults to say that moderate drinking is bad for health, as were Democrats and independents.—
Deidre McPhillips,
CNN,
24 Jan. 2025
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On the day of the shooting, Nixon-Clark was 16 years and 9 months old, just shy of reaching legal status as an adult.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 Jan. 2025
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But something extraordinary was also revealed: a mural, faint, aged, and slightly scorched, that had been concealed by a wall that burned away.—
Scott Simon,
NPR,
25 Jan. 2025
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Sixteen years later and now aged 37, Djokovic appears to have come full circle.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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