noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
life expectancy
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
average
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Every soldier knew that average life expectancy at the front was seventeen days.
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The average life expectancy of a child with Down syndrome was 9 years in 1910.
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Taking a funeral policy can cost less than paying for a funeral plan by instalments but it depends on average life expectancy .
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Retirement occurs at age 67 with an average remaining life expectancy of 16 years.
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This compares with an average life expectancy in 1975 of 69.1 years for males and 75.2 years for females.
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With an average life expectancy , that same beneficiary will collect a monthly check for five years beyond that.
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Meanwhile, a war that has cost at least 500,000 lives grinds on, reducing average life expectancy to just 42 years.
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She is very old now-extraordinarily old in a country with an average life expectancy of 48.
long
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The countries with the highest proportions of people over 60 and 80, and the longest life expectancy are highlighted.
■ NOUN
life
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Cycling makes you fitter and gives you a better life expectancy .
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The average life expectancy of a child with Down syndrome was 9 years in 1910.
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With an average life expectancy , that same beneficiary will collect a monthly check for five years beyond that.
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His life expectancy was now very limited; it was estimated at between 12 months and two years.
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For life expectancy , the picture was similar.
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In 1995 life expectancy increased by one year to 65, its first post-communist gain.
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Every soldier knew that average life expectancy at the front was seventeen days.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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We celebrate Passover with joy and expectancy .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It was the kind of silence that was so complete it had a sort of hum, the noise of expectancy .
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The police often collaborate in producing an expectancy effect.