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: lasting or continuing through life
a lifelong friendship
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Examples of lifelong in a Sentence
He had a lifelong love of nature.
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Lucas, who recently celebrated his 80th birthday, received an honorary Palme d'Or at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival's closing ceremony on Saturday, May 25 — and another legendary filmmaker, his lifelong pal Francis Ford Coppola, presented it to him.
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Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 25 May 2024
Disgraced former President Zuma, a lifelong ANC member bitter at his ousting, shocked his comrades by throwing his support behind this new opposition party in December.
—Kate Bartlett, NPR, 24 May 2024
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Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 25 May 2024
Disgraced former President Zuma, a lifelong ANC member bitter at his ousting, shocked his comrades by throwing his support behind this new opposition party in December.
—Kate Bartlett, NPR, 24 May 2024
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“Lifelong.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lifelong. Accessed 31 May. 2024.
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lifelong
adjective
life·long
ˈlī-ˌflȯŋ 
: continuing or lasting through life
a lifelong love for trees
a lifelong friendship
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