Synonyms for lifespan
life·span

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1. lifespannoun

   Synonyms:
   lifetime

2. lifespannoun

   The length of time for which an organism lives.

   Some clams have lifespans far longer than those of human beings.

   Synonyms:
   lifetime

3. lifespannoun

   The length of time for which something exists or is current or valid.

   Synonyms:
   lifetime

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1. life, lifetime, life-time, lifespannoun

   the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death)

   "the battery had a short life"; "he lived a long and happy life"

   Synonyms:
   sprightliness, life sentence, lifetime, life story, spirit, life-time, biography, life, liveliness, living, life history, aliveness, animation

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1. • Time Period

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1. time from birth to death

   time between birth and death

   Submitted by acronimous on April 15, 2019  

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1. List of paraphrases for "lifespan":

   lifetime, longevity, life, life-span, duration, lifecycle, expectancy

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1. Roy Larke:

   Some brands are designed specifically for the convenience store market, so they have a three-to-six month lifespan for a particular recipe, but Pocari Sweat isn't like that, it's an enduring long-term brand that Otsuka has really developed over the last 50 years, and today it's that endurance and long history in Japan that has kept it going.

2. Tom Garey:

   Be mindful of your body, if something is out of the norm, go get it checked. Because if it’s ALS, the sooner the diagnosis the longer lifespan you have, because they can start treating you.

3. Lisa Richardson:

   We are starting now to look at lifetime overweight and obesity, overall, African-American women and other minority groups tend to be more overweight over the lifespan.

4. Ken Dychtwald:

   We also have people dying longer, we are able to keep people alive without much quality of life in many cases. We haven't done a great job of making healthspan match up with lifespan, which is both miserable and unbelievably costly - and frightening.

5. Anthony Fauci:

   We now are giving drugs to people who are living with HIV -- not only do these save their lives and give them essentially a normal lifespan, but you can prevent them from infecting other people.