The word "lifetimes" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to a very long period of time, often one that is perceived as longer than a human lifespan. For example: "Throughout the ages, lifetimes of people have come and gone."
Over their lifetimes, women in France and Sweden can expect to earn 31% less than men, in Germany 49% less and in Turkey 75% less.
Even if that may take lifetimes, it can happen.
The critical shift that has happened in our lifetimes is the idea that we are actually undermining that whole belief.
The police's decision to hold the Sinn Féin leader for questioning for four days stemmed from evidence obtained from the Boston College archive of testimonies – evidence given by republicans that was not intended to be made public during their lifetimes.
But Davis said Cameron appeared to want to deny ministers a free vote on one of the biggest political questions in their lifetimes.
The three films grossed £1.48m collectively over their lifetimes – the same as Far from the Madding Crowd did in its first three days.
While the primary targets of the Japanese, like the Norwegians, are minke whales, so plentiful that they call them the cockroaches of the sea, (there may be up to 1.5 million minkes in the oceans), bowheads are rare, and with extraordinary lifetimes of up to 300 years, making them the longest living mammals.
Two proposed coalmines in the region could be responsible for an estimated 3.7bn tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions over their lifetimes.
It could also seek support from oil customers overseas, such as China.Ten years is a lifetime for Western finance ministers and oil traders, but for Saudi Arabia's rulers, among whom political lifetimes are actual lifetimes, it is a span that matters.
Healthier, better educated children earn more throughout their lifetimes, so the requirement to attend school or clinics should cut future poverty.
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