life force

noun

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Generator: The Steady Builder Profile: Generators comprise about 38% of the population and are the life force of the workforce. Elizabeth Pearson, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025 Teams Scrambling to Do More With Less After working on Twisters, Waugh fielded questions about whether the tornado-stopping fix the characters devised — dumping chemicals into the tornado that would suck the moisture, and therefore, the life force out of it — could work in real life. Colleen Hagerty, Rolling Stone, 27 July 2025 The deeper origin is uncertain, but it may be linked to the idea of breath or life force. Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025 Her death drive and her life force are equally as big. Michaela Zee, Variety, 7 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for life force

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First Known Use

1848, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of life force was in 1848

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“Life force.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/life%20force. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.

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