lifework
noun
life·work ˈlīf-ˈwərk 
: the entire or principal work of one's lifetime
also : a work extending over a lifetime
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Spreading that message is Bigtree’s lifework. —
Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2026 Four years after Farmer’s death, Clinton reflects on preserving her mentor’s lifework in health care and remembers his tender tenacity. —Chelsea Clinton, Vanity Fair, 24 Feb. 2026 That Miyazaki’s lifework is now grist for the generative-A.I. mill might be not only an insult but a copyright infringement. —Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2025 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. —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
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Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2026 Four years after Farmer’s death, Clinton reflects on preserving her mentor’s lifework in health care and remembers his tender tenacity. —Chelsea Clinton, Vanity Fair, 24 Feb. 2026 That Miyazaki’s lifework is now grist for the generative-A.I. mill might be not only an insult but a copyright infringement. —Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2025 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. —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
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lifework
noun
life·work -ˈwərk
: the entire or chief work of one's lifetime
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