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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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Laundry sanitizers are also recommended for washing work clothes that have been contaminated with pathogens of human, animal, or agricultural origin.—
Jolie Kerr,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 May 2025
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Her work has appeared in Quanta, Scientific American, and MIT Technology Review.—
Joanna Thompson,
The Atlantic,
20 May 2025
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In Europe and North America especially, the faith of our ancestors has been in a decades-long retreat—pews emptying, vocations dwindling, parish doors shuttering.—
Christopher Hale,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 May 2025
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Prevost was pastor of vocations and director of missions for the Augustinian order in Chicago and worked in Peru for several years teaching canon law.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
9 May 2025
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And in Hoskin’s view, that is true for all professions.—
Eric Rosenbaum,
CNBC,
22 May 2025
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The 31-year-old attorney from Brooklyn, New York, kept his profession a secret from the other players throughout the game.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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How will Columbia, over the next fifty years, gradually absorb the student occupation of 2024 into its branding?—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
17 May 2025
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The Taif Agreement, ending Lebanon’s civil war in 1989, formally recognized the state’s right to resist the Israeli occupation of Lebanese territories – and with it Hezbollah’s presence as a force of resistance.—
Mireille Rebeiz,
The Conversation,
15 May 2025
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The lawsuit accuses YouTube of inducing Connolly into breaching the employment agreement.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2025
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Most people think of university faculty jobs as prestigious, as employment that comes with good pay, benefits and strong protections.—
Joseph Babcock,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 May 2025
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Inside, three bedrooms and four baths are spread across almost 2,300 square feet of multi-level living space boasting a mix of stone and wide-plank French oak floors, arched doorways, and whitewashed wood-beam ceilings dotted with skylights.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
23 May 2025
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After her husband’s prolonged expensive illness, her savings were no longer sufficient to cover taxes, insurance, condo fees, and other living expenses.—
James Lange,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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After all, their livelihoods were born out of their heavy presence online.—
Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal,
Parents,
16 May 2025
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Their livelihoods and social lives and careful dance of adherence to and independence from Mormonism depend on it.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
15 May 2025
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Join our Space Forums to keep talking space on the latest missions, night sky and more!—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
28 May 2025
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The last two test missions — Flight 7 in January and Flight 8 in March — ended in explosive failures.—
Jade Walker,
CNN Money,
28 May 2025
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“Lifework.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lifework. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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