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Recent Examples of lifework
Among the influencers in those meetings was Arturo Schomburg, a Puerto Rican historian of African descent who, as a young child, often wondered about the lack of African history taught in his classrooms, an interest that formed the cornerstone of his lifework of research and preservation.
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Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 15 Feb. 2025
Plus: Big Tech’s swearing in Amanda Petrusich remembers Garth Hudson
An origami master who lost his lifework in the L.A. fires
What if the Attention Crisis Is All a Distraction?
—Erin Neil, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2025
Young artists want to reclaim their vision READ PART 2:Native art, Native artists: Breaking down the 'wall': Indigenous art masters inspired to rebel against gatekeepers
How an accident led to a career
Pruitt came to his lifework literally by accident.
—Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2024
How an accident led to a career Pruitt came to his lifework literally by accident.
—Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 20 Nov. 2024
Don Luigi Ciotti, a seventy-nine-year-old priest, has become a household name in Italy for his lifework as an anti-Mafia activist.
—Hannah Jocelyn, The New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2024
What has defined his lifework has been the 30 months between the two.
—Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Jan. 2024
What could be better for any author than for his lifework to become a reader’s lifework, too?
—Yiyun Li, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2023
The current Wiseman revival can arguably be traced back to 2014, when Venice gave the director an honorary Golden Lion for his lifework.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 15 Feb. 2025
Plus: Big Tech’s swearing in Amanda Petrusich remembers Garth Hudson
An origami master who lost his lifework in the L.A. fires
What if the Attention Crisis Is All a Distraction?
—Erin Neil, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2025
Young artists want to reclaim their vision READ PART 2:Native art, Native artists: Breaking down the 'wall': Indigenous art masters inspired to rebel against gatekeepers
How an accident led to a career
Pruitt came to his lifework literally by accident.
—Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2024
How an accident led to a career Pruitt came to his lifework literally by accident.
—Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 20 Nov. 2024
Don Luigi Ciotti, a seventy-nine-year-old priest, has become a household name in Italy for his lifework as an anti-Mafia activist.
—Hannah Jocelyn, The New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2024
What has defined his lifework has been the 30 months between the two.
—Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Jan. 2024
What could be better for any author than for his lifework to become a reader’s lifework, too?
—Yiyun Li, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2023
The current Wiseman revival can arguably be traced back to 2014, when Venice gave the director an honorary Golden Lion for his lifework.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lifework
Noun
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Even in today’s fluid work environment, taking on the role of the new boss has profound implications.—
Bruce Tulgan,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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James, a police detective, has disappeared after some strange doings at work, leaving behind a mysterious letter with covert messages that John helps decode.—
Sarah Larson,
The New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2025
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The talents who seemed to be well at ease in their vocation as poet thrived the most: Lamartine, Victor Hugo felt like they were invested with a new dignity.—
Walter Benjamin,
Harper's Magazine,
28 Feb. 2025
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The vocation of medicine, while noble, exacts a toll.—
Richard Menger MD MPA,
Forbes,
22 Dec. 2024
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Each time a cluster appears, researchers have tried to pin down the exact environmental hazards, professions, and activities that might be linked to it.—
Shayla Love,
The Atlantic,
23 Mar. 2025
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But college coaching is a profession built on a rickety bridge of fragile friendships that can rot away with each tipoff, every recruiting battle and the always dangerous game of measuring one against the other.—
Brendan Quinn,
The Athletic,
21 Mar. 2025
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The 13th century sculpted item is currently on view in the Louvre’s Denon wing, where a label says it was acquired during the German occupation of France, with the intention of displaying it in a Düsseldorf museum.—
The Editors of ARTnews,
ARTnews.com,
21 Mar. 2025
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That’s too bad for several reasons, including Lee’s meticulous reconstruction of Hong Kong and Shanghai under Japanese occupation, paranoid, perilous places in which anyone could be working with the occupying forces or conspiring against them.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 2025
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Britain’s youth are grappling with worse mental health now than 10 years ago, pushing more of them out of employment than their middle-aged peers and impeding their career growth.—
BYPrarthana Prakash,
Fortune Europe,
21 Mar. 2025
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Martinez said privatization might affect the wages, hours and conditions of employment.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Remember, a sitting room can act as a back-up living space, a secondary sitting area to host impromptu guests or a quiet zone to rest your mind.—
Shivani Vyas,
Better Homes & Gardens,
22 Mar. 2025
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Numerous expansive windows let in natural light so the interior living space is bright.—
David Caraccio,
Sacramento Bee,
22 Mar. 2025
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Despite getting only 20 mpg with the new gas-guzzling SUV, Kelly has shown America the right way to take a stand when a company or executive declares war on your livelihood, values or beliefs.—
Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
30 Mar. 2025
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All of which rings sad, but, these kids’ livelihoods are more important than my entertainment.—
Stewart Mandel,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The mission will also mark the first time that crews have used an X-ray machine on humans in orbit.—
Julian Dossett,
Space.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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Starmer is prepared to host a meeting of European military chiefs this week to dive deeper into the operational details of the plan, up to and including which European country will contribute forces, who will command the mission and where air support will be based.—
Daniel DePetris,
Twin Cities,
29 Mar. 2025
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“Lifework.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lifework. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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