entire lifetime

collocation in English

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entire
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ɪnˈtaɪər/us
/ɪnˈtaɪr/
whole or complete, with ...
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lifetime
noun[C usually singular]
uk
/ˈlaɪf.taɪm/us
/ˈlaɪf.taɪm/
the period of time during which someone lives or ...
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(Definition ofentireandlifetimefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The global result was ^potential 1014 perfectly legitimate sonnets - much more than anyone, including the author, could hope to read in theirentirelifetime!
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Children with disabilities may live on welfare for a very long time, some for theirentirelifetime.
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The incorporation assured that populist parties would retain the loyalty of large numbers of these followers for anentirelifetime, and often for that of their children.
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I have been a member of it for almost itsentirelifetime.
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These people have anentirelifetimeto seek to control the condition.
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Everyone remembers that that was extended so as to cover theentirelifetimeof the purchaser.
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It will not cause prices unfairly to undercut those of non-subsidised firms, and no undertaking will receive more than £75 million over theentirelifetimeof the subsidy scheme.
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The technology, if proved successful, has a huge potential as it will enable to maintain healthy teeth virtually duringentirelifetime.
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However only 4.5% of individuals who have this phobia as a child will have this fear theirentirelifetime.
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In general, all hand tools are warrantied for theirentirelifetime.
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The marriage lasted hisentirelifetimeand brought him increased wealth and status.
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Reaching this goal is not easy; there are various tasks that must be met during yourentirelifetimeto be qualified to be immortal.
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In the game, the player spends five minutes experiencing a character'sentirelifetime, with results that many commentators have described as emotionally powerful.
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Such women also find it harder to transition into a different lifestyle after anentirelifetimeof being a deuki.
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It is a unique, eight-digit identifier that is attached to a hull for itsentirelifetime, independent of the vessel's current name or flag.
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I had to rely on subconscious thinking, the only intuitive resource available to humanswhich few of us ever use in anentirelifetime....
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This new phase is, however, is very short 20,000 years or so, when compared toentirelifetimeof the star.
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Some dogs may require the training routine to be extended for theirentirelifetimeto effectively manage the symptoms of noise anxiety.
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His career in flight began at an early age, and spans hisentirelifetime.
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She owned more than 600 hats in herentirelifetime.
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