natural lifespan

collocation in English

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natural
adjective
uk
/ˈnætʃ.ər.əl/us
/ˈnætʃ.ɚ.əl/
as found in nature and not involving anything made or done ...
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lifespan
noun[C]
uk
/ˈlaɪf.spæn/us
/ˈlaɪf.spæn/
the length of time for which a person, animal, or ...
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(Definition ofnaturalandlifespanfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The government would be required to help persons live out anaturallifespan, with attention to quality of life.
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Whether the age-limit is arbitrarily chosen or is based on an estimation of humans'naturallifespan, the effects are still the same.
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What is thenaturallifespanof acacias and how does it vary amongst acacia species and in different environments (19)?
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Callahan's proposal is based on the concept of anaturallifespan.
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These cattle are near the end of theirnaturallifespanand many of them are milkers.
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That means extra effort for them and extra stress and discomfort for animals at the end of theirnaturallifespan.
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In the first decade of the 21st century, they are mostly beyond theirnaturallifespan, and what is worse, they have all reached that stage together.
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Yet there is at least one example of a fisher kept in captivity that lived to be ten years old, well beyond itsnaturallifespan.
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Thenaturallifespanof a tapir is approximately 25 to 30 years, both in the wild and in zoos.
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Scots pines have anaturallifespanof up to over 700 years, depending on the region.
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Theirnaturallifespanis 40 to 45 years.
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Large project centers or institutes, generally funded by an outside agency, are organized around a specific objective and have anaturallifespan.
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A kender'snaturallifespanis about 100 years.
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Itsnaturallifespanis between two and five years.
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The quoll reaches maturity when it is one year old, and has anaturallifespanof between two and five years.
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It can have anaturallifespanof over 70 years.
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Males may live quite a bit longer (maximum knownnaturallifespanof 13 years).
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Their natural lifespans are between two and five years; the larger species tend to live longer than the smaller.
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