How to Use life history in a Sentence

life history

noun
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  • Those early drafts, Ross says, become a kind of life history of the play.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2019
  • Once a celebrity commits to being on the show, The Masked Singer team goes through their life history to pick the perfect look.
    — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 16 Feb. 2023
  • The oxygen molecules in the fish ear bones, or otoliths, carry a record of life history.
    — Yereth Rosen, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Aug. 2017
  • Not much is known of their spawning habits, although a study was done in 1990 about the early life history of fish in Southeast Alaska.
    — Author: Kyle Clayton, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Feb. 2018
  • And now, his legacy as an actor has been cemented in the books of our own real-life history.
    — Raisa Bruner, Time, 3 July 2018
  • The filmmaker breaks down some of the awards contender's biggest moments and the real-life history behind them.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2021
  • That clear line disappears, though, in the life histories of these former prisoners.
    — Emily Badger, New York Times, 25 May 2018
  • Its life history was pieced together after it was found on a tiny island – which had no fresh water – in the Indian Ocean.
    — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 2 Sep. 2022
  • With Toduken, Cornelio's life history shows up in his food.
    — Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, The Arizona Republic, 19 Oct. 2020
  • This is because of an interesting quirk in their life history.
    — Dave Taft, New York Times, 2 May 2018
  • The records stretched all the way back to Imanishi’s time, tracing the life history of every individual monkey on Koshima for over 70 years.
    — Maciek Pożoga, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Jan. 2021
  • That love for the off-kilter also plays well with the real-life history of fascist 1930s Italy that del Toro uses as his setting, giving the film more heft and timeliness.
    — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2022
  • But Sharma, who considers these vets his real-life history book, is still looking for more.
    — Mercedes Leguizamon and Brandon Griggs, CNN, 9 Apr. 2018
  • Based on real-life history, the film centers on a pivotal Shanghai battle in 1937 during the Sino-Japanese war.
    — Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 June 2019
  • But more importantly, the show focuses less on competition and more on the rich life histories these baby boomers bring to love, loss and letting go.
    — Roxanne Roberts, Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Then a scientist combined his unique life experiences with modern tools to help color in the fish’s life history.
    — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 1 May 2021
  • The life histories of species, however, can amplify or reduce the effects of that randomness.
    — Veronique Greenwood, Quanta Magazine, 26 June 2023
  • While the former provides insight into what genes are turned on, the latter, measuring the chromatin state of each cell, is more akin to the life history of the cell and, ultimately, its identity.
    — Christof Koch, Scientific American, 6 Oct. 2021
  • If a band is recovered, mostly when a bird is found dead, or if it's captured at another site, the physical tag can help fill in some blanks about bird movements or life history.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 Dec. 2021
  • If a radical shift in life history requires a big boost in gene content, the Aurelia genome should be riddled with novel genes unique to jellyfish.
    — Quanta Magazine, 8 Jan. 2019
  • Senior editor Kate Wong and illustrator Cherie Sinnen present the bizarre life history of 17- and 13-year cicadas.
    — Laura Helmuth, Scientific American, 10 May 2021
  • There is still a lot left to discover about a juvenile shark’s life history, so the data uncovered can be helpful in putting certain pieces of the puzzle together.
    — Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 29 July 2023
  • If the Souq Waqif is a real-life history lesson, in recent years Qatar has also built several world-class museums to teach the country’s culture and heritage in a more formal way.
    — Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2022
  • The fact that young tyrannosaurs had to grow into their bone-crunching abilities might have greater implications than the life history of these Cretaceous celebrities.
    — Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Aug. 2021
  • Scientists have spent their entire careers deliberating over the life history of ancient mummies like Ötzi the Iceman, who was found frozen in the Alps around 5,000 years after his death.
    — Gabe Allen, Discover Magazine, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Colin Dayan’s brief but explosive memoir of her relationship to her mother should find a place among the more indelible life histories of the last several years.
    — Jane Tompkins, latimes.com, 5 June 2019
  • But the evolutionary adaptations and life history of the dodo remains somewhat hazy.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 20 Apr. 2018
  • Researchers have only studied one frog, stating that more research is needed to better understand the frog's habitat and life history.
    — Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Another contributing factor may be the saiga’s unique life history.
    — Steph Yin, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2018
  • Further studies are required to better understand the life history of the two spider species, researchers concluded.
    — Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 9 Feb. 2024

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