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as in biographies
a history of a person's life
a renowned historian who has written lives of several early presidents
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as in people
a member of the human race
an appalling number of lives were lost in the war
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as in times
the period during which something exists, lasts, or is in progress
the Egyptian civilization had an extremely long life
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as in lifestyles
the way people live at a particular time and place
frontier life must have been rugged, exciting, challenging, and more than a little dangerous
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as in is
to have life
Socrates was a philosopher who lived in ancient Greece
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Recent Examples of lives
Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
Their everyday lives consisted of slogging through an intense tour schedule and stuffing all four members into one hotel room — sometimes, lead singer Patrick Stump, bassist Pete Wentz, guitarist Joe Trohman, and drummer Andy Hurley even slept on the hotel room floor.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2025
The report found that the part of aging Americans are least prepared for is the care associated with longer lives (scoring 42 out of 100).
—Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 22 Oct. 2025
The operation, conducted in full public view, reflected intensifying national debate over immigration policy, policing and civil liberties—issues that profoundly affect the lives and rights of New Yorkers and set precedents for enforcement strategies across the United States.
—Deputy News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
The festival’s lineup will feature roughly 80 films, including documentaries, shorts and fiction features from 28 countries — all of which tell of the lives, voices and struggles of women, according to a statement.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025
That dynamic must be placing additional pressure on Beatrice and Eugenie in both their personal and professional lives.
—Ashley Hume , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Thank God we’ve been spared from the timeline where Annie and Nick get married and post unconvincingly cheery Christian couple content for the rest of their lives.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2025
Vulnerable kids need and deserve the support of all of the adults in their lives - teachers, parents, and other leaders.
—Grace Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 15 Oct. 2025
Shannon Pettypiece, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2025
That data is then used to help others improve people's work lives.
—Kathryn Gregory, Louisville Courier Journal, 23 Oct. 2025
Horimiya follows two high school teens, popular girl Hori and gloomy Miyamura, who grow close after agreeing to keep their home lives a secret from their peers.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Oct. 2025
This is the latest in a line of experiments that, over the past decade, have illuminated the exotic physics that govern small animals’ lives.
—Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2025
The law is very much on the side of a person who lives a private life.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 23 Oct. 2025
But things took a turn after her younger son started dating a girl who lives about an hour away.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
If people feel a little like audience members observing their friends’ lives when looking at social media, that’s probably in part because people think of their friends as audiences when posting.
—Julie Beck, The Atlantic, 16 Oct. 2025
No one else lives at the house, authorities said.
—Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
Cohen, 57, delved into the personal lives of Plemons, his Bugonia costar Emma Stone and their director Yorgos Lanthimos.
—Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
Their everyday lives consisted of slogging through an intense tour schedule and stuffing all four members into one hotel room — sometimes, lead singer Patrick Stump, bassist Pete Wentz, guitarist Joe Trohman, and drummer Andy Hurley even slept on the hotel room floor.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2025
The report found that the part of aging Americans are least prepared for is the care associated with longer lives (scoring 42 out of 100).
—Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 22 Oct. 2025
The operation, conducted in full public view, reflected intensifying national debate over immigration policy, policing and civil liberties—issues that profoundly affect the lives and rights of New Yorkers and set precedents for enforcement strategies across the United States.
—Deputy News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
The festival’s lineup will feature roughly 80 films, including documentaries, shorts and fiction features from 28 countries — all of which tell of the lives, voices and struggles of women, according to a statement.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025
That dynamic must be placing additional pressure on Beatrice and Eugenie in both their personal and professional lives.
—Ashley Hume , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Thank God we’ve been spared from the timeline where Annie and Nick get married and post unconvincingly cheery Christian couple content for the rest of their lives.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2025
Vulnerable kids need and deserve the support of all of the adults in their lives - teachers, parents, and other leaders.
—Grace Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
Donoghue’s 10- and 13-year-old sons grew up there — the family, which lives about half an hour away, got a season pass when their younger son, Ray, was 6 months old.
—Shannon Pettypiece, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2025
That data is then used to help others improve people's work lives.
—Kathryn Gregory, Louisville Courier Journal, 23 Oct. 2025
Horimiya follows two high school teens, popular girl Hori and gloomy Miyamura, who grow close after agreeing to keep their home lives a secret from their peers.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Oct. 2025
This is the latest in a line of experiments that, over the past decade, have illuminated the exotic physics that govern small animals’ lives.
—Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2025
The law is very much on the side of a person who lives a private life.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 23 Oct. 2025
But things took a turn after her younger son started dating a girl who lives about an hour away.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
If people feel a little like audience members observing their friends’ lives when looking at social media, that’s probably in part because people think of their friends as audiences when posting.
—Julie Beck, The Atlantic, 16 Oct. 2025
No one else lives at the house, authorities said.
—Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lives
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Music biographies often follow a non-fussy trajectory, rallying their base with nostalgic re-creations of big concert moments and a sturdy timeline that begins with an idol’s birth and ending on a critical juncture in its subject’s life or even death.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
23 Oct. 2025
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Moreover, previous biographies of Baldwin, perhaps because they were written by people who knew him, David Leeming the most intimately, become his collaborators.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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The Raptors ran relentlessly, even as Atlanta turned the ball over just 16 times, a far cry from what the Raptors were forcing in the preseason.—
Eric Koreen,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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Overall domestic revenues are just 4% ahead of 2024 and more than 20% behind pre-pandemic times, according to Comscore.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
22 Oct. 2025
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Neither half of this grotesque couple wanted to end their relationship with a man who had so generously enabled their lifestyles.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
25 Oct. 2025
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These ills barely plague the few remaining hunter-gatherer groups, such as the Hadza living in and around northern Tanzania’s Great Rift Valley, who live ALAN-free and are believed to be one of the best living representatives of ancestral human lifestyles.—
Rowan Jacobsen,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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Placement refers to where the child resides.—
Ashley Luthern,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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Value resides less in knowing a single thing deeply and more in knowing how to synthesize broadly.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
27 Oct. 2025
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Lawson may not suit up against the Bears, but there is a chance that Jackson will.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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But there is a sense that these great rivals are more evenly matched this time around, with Xabi Alonso’s arrival helping to tighten up a Madrid side who still look just as devastating up top.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The memoirs; the second volume is still a work in progress.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
28 Oct. 2025
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McCurdy and Stoner each end their memoirs proud of having emerged into saner adulthoods.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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Just over a week later, two men, Destry Jones, 20, and Damien Hinson, 18, were arrested in connection with the incident.—
Liam Quinn,
PEOPLE,
26 Oct. 2025
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Recent research suggests that young men in low-income communities are particularly affected by financial consequences tied to sports gambling.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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Smart Task Dependencies automatically adjust related tasks when dates or durations change, and the lightweight, fluid design eliminates much of the complexity typically associated with project management software.—
Maria Williams,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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These circuitous routes greatly lengthen mission durations and limit launches to tight windows.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Lives.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lives. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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