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Recent Examples of lifeblood
For The Book Passage, a small independent bookstore in Northern California, that meant the end of author events, once the lifeblood of its business and the community.
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Anastasia Boden, Oc Register, 2 Sep. 2025
Beyond the big names and big checks, the Vendor Marketplace was the lifeblood of Invest Fest.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 26 Aug. 2025
The rankings are the lifeblood of a serial—and one that fails to rank highly enough over time can be cut.
—Matt Alt, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
The platform's lifeblood, Netflix Originals are responsible for billions of hours of watch time.
—Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
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Anastasia Boden, Oc Register, 2 Sep. 2025
Beyond the big names and big checks, the Vendor Marketplace was the lifeblood of Invest Fest.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 26 Aug. 2025
The rankings are the lifeblood of a serial—and one that fails to rank highly enough over time can be cut.
—Matt Alt, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
The platform's lifeblood, Netflix Originals are responsible for billions of hours of watch time.
—Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lifeblood
Noun
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The story of a violent but ultimately fruitful encounter between Norman and Saxon worlds was coherent, accessible, and deeply relevant to the ideas and customs that still undergird much of British (and American) life.—
Will Collins,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Sep. 2025
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The Future At NASA, the future of exoplanet science will emphasize finding rocky planets similar to Earth and studying their atmospheres for biosignatures — any characteristic, element, molecule, substance, or feature that can be used as evidence of past or present life, says the space agency.—
Bruce Dorminey,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Every taste was catered for, from traditional sounds of swing, latin and blues to contemporary soul and hip-hop.—
Joanne Shurvell,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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May God have mercy on your soul and watch over your precious family.—
Tracy Wright,
FOXNews.com,
14 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Judges Derek Hough and Bruno Tonioli were joined in spirit by Carrie Ann Inaba, who missed the premiere due to illness.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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In the spirit of functionality and the chair’s utilitarian history, brass buckles secure both the leather back and seat.—
Elissa Suh,
Architectural Digest,
17 Sep. 2025
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And for better or worse, practitioners have always stood at the ready, prepared to intervene when our chakras seemed blocked; when our humors seemed unbalanced; when our meridians surely became constricted; when our orgone levels were all out of whack.—
Ashley Fetters Maloy,
Washington Post,
10 July 2023
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And then there was orgone, discovered, or imagined, by Wilhelm Reich, the Austrian psychoanalyst and fallen Freudian.—
Nick Paumgarten,
The New Yorker,
1 Nov. 2021
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“Lifeblood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lifeblood. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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