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"have lived for" is a correct and usable part of a sentence in written English.
You can use it to indicate the length of time someone has been living somewhere or doing something. For example, "They have lived for five years in their new house."
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I have lived for this moment.
I have lived for years in fear".
"This is an area where Tibetans have lived for generations".
It was Tosca declaring her passion for the painter Cavaradossi, singing "I have lived for love, I have lived for Art".
Retirees work on the front yards of the homes where they have lived for decades.
A couple have lived for weeks or months in abandoned houses without water, electricity or heat.
(In the Gir the lions have lived for centuries among villages of Maldhari herdsmen).
Adult specimens have lived for at least a year without food.
"The Rohingyas deserve citizenship in the country where they were born and have lived for generations.
"You can see that these buildings have lived for 200 years.
Israelis have lived for decades with organized terror in cafes and discos and on buses.
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