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adj. - Continuing through life.

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Usage examples (15)
  • Adjective : a cradle-to-grave system of health care
  • One critic faults France's womb-to-tomb social programs for public complacency.
  • A younger generation may not share this view, reflecting larger changes in Japan, where the "womb-to-tomb" employment system has collapsed.
  • How about instead, we first check the Constitution to see exactly which enumerated power grants the Congress the authority to provide womb-to-tomb medical care to the...
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