Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The work of a lifetime; the employment or labor to which one's life is or has been devoted.
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Examples
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First of all there is no such thing as the perfect 50/50 life-work balance.
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On one occasion the conversation turned on his life-work when Mr. Mayo asked: Do you know why Beachwood is Beachwood?
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Our neighbors in Westchester, New Jersey, Vermont and Pennsylvania, awaiting cresting rivers, homes in shambles, dear ones gone, life-work damaged.
Jill Lynne: Irene: Gratitude and Cautionary Warnings Jill Lynne 2011
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First of all there is no such thing as the perfect 50/50 life-work balance.
Women Grow Business » How 10 Site Design Laws Relate to Good Living, part 2 2009
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And if you want to, you can go from there to the Lewis formula website to see what it says about your life-work balance (I daren't).
Humour Maxine 2009
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On one occasion the conversation turned on his life-work when Mr. Mayo asked: Do you know why Beachwood is Beachwood?
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Our neighbors in Westchester, New Jersey, Vermont and Pennsylvania, awaiting cresting rivers, homes in shambles, dear ones gone, life-work damaged.
Jill Lynne: Irene: Gratitude and Cautionary Warnings Jill Lynne 2011
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On one occasion the conversation turned on his life-work when Mr. Mayo asked: Do you know why Beachwood is Beachwood?
Time Capsule: August 8th, 1920 « Beachwood Historical Alliance 2009
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Perhaps a book they feel best describes what their life-work is all about.
john bennett | one book « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2010
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I've said all along that life-work balance is overrated.
Chris Guillebeau: The 4 Burners Theory: Choosing Between Family, Friends, Work and Health 2010
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