Those awards finance creative artists for years, if not lifetimes.
Every day, on a variety of screens, we engage with more text than our predecessors could in years, if not lifetimes.
The number of women who came forward to directly address their abusers forced an immediate reckoning with the plain fact that many (if not most) women had been internalizing similar experiences for years, if not lifetimes.
This can persist for years if not lifetimes.
A dollar's worth lasts most people years, if not a lifetime.
Most smokers who manage to quit do so only after repeated attempts, and the craving for cigarettes usually lasts for years, if not a lifetime.
"Even if he receives the intensive medical and therapeutic treatment his condition requires, Mr Aamer will take many years, if not a lifetime, to achieve any significant recovery," they said.
I have no doubt that the United States can rebuild the structures, but rebuilding the lives of those so cruelly robbed of their family members or friends will take years, if not a lifetime.
After leisurely opening comments, during which Shapiro referred to the issue as "the case of a generation, if not a lifetime" while Dorf questioned whether the decision actually mattered, the debate picked up speed as the two bandied history, hypotheticals, and implications.
It was only ever meant to be an interim position, and last month he was succeeded by Gisela Stuart – but he remains a highly active member of the campaign committee, and will be devoting the next three months to what he considers the defining political cause of our age, if not his lifetime.
