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The word "lifetime" is correct and usable in written English
You can use it to describe a period of time that exceeds the duration of one's lifespan, or to express an enduring, long-term sentiment. Example sentence: He has been my best friend for a lifetime.
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Lifetime
noun
The duration of the life of someone or something.
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Reading it will feel like a lifetime for you.
With a 59% drop from the previous frame, Age of Ultron fell harder than any other film in the top 10, and does not look set for a similarly powerful run, probably falling shy of £50m lifetime.
It is intended to recall the grim statement by Sir Edward Grey, then foreign secretary, in August 1914: "The lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime".
Morricone has written hundreds of scores for cinema and television, and is one of the only film composers to have received an honorary Oscar for his lifetime achievement.
"In the past few years, Mr Rafsanjani has always talked about a letter he wrote in 1988 to Imam [Ruhollah] Khomeini [supreme leader until his death in 1989] in which he beseeched the founder of the Islamic Revolution to solve the problem of Iran's relations with the US during his lifetime, arguing that no one else would be able to do so after his death.
Watching Andrew Flintoff bat this summer has been like watching someone get used to a knife and fork after a lifetime eating with his fingers.
The prime minister, who warned of a "generational struggle" against a "poisonous and extremist ideology" that will last for the rest of his political lifetime, wrote: "I agree that we should avoid sending armies to fight or occupy.
Using twilight's unique qualities, you'll capture some of the best pictures you've ever taken on your DSLR camera – and learn skills of perception that will last a lifetime.
"In our lifetime we have seen education stop being available to everyone on equal terms.
The workforce has been transformed more in half a lifetime than in any previous period in capitalism.
"I am encouraged to see that development aid remains at a historic high at a time when donor countries are still emerging from the toughest economic crisis of our lifetime," said the OECD secretary general, José Ángel Gurría.
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