Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Present or in effect throughout a person's lifetime.
- adjective Occurring or persisting from beginning to end.
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- adjective idiomatic Spanning an entire lifetime; from birth to death.
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Examples
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Britain is going through a painful re-examination of the dangers of cradle-to-grave "coverage."
Ken Blackwell: Obama's Mount Gushmore Ken Blackwell 2011
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Ideally, this would be an extension of a Medicare or Medicaid type of program to every American without any age or income requirement, providing cradle-to-grave coverage.
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Debt, Deficit Denial: Why We Must Fix U.S. Health Care M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2012
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Others consider the liberation of tens of millions from some of the most brutally repressive governments in history and planting the seeds of democracy in that region to be a matter of "social justice" with a far greater long-term payoff than providing a cradle-to-grave welfare safety net to those who could afford to purchase their own.
Health Care and Moral Values, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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In 1985 Borg moved to Monte Carlo to get away from the cradle-to-grave socialism of Sweden.
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Some of us really do like the idea of Uncle Sam providing a cradle-to-grave medical safety net.
Health Care and Moral Values, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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While communist China once promised cradle-to-grave healthcare, those promises stagnated after economic reforms began 30 years ago.
What's up, doc? Investors knock at China hospitals Reuters 2011
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Purely fictional film stories which appropriate a president as supporting character can often convey them more accurately in sketch than can a laborious cradle-to-grave biopic with a political agenda.
Carl Sferrazza Anthony: Playing Presidents: Good History vs. Good Drama and The Actor JFK (and Jackie) Wanted To Play Him Carl Sferrazza Anthony 2011
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It has the cradle-to-grave component, but only in terms of warming impact.
Archive 2009-03-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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While communist China once promised cradle-to-grave healthcare, those promises stagnated after economic reforms began 30 years ago.
What's up, doc? Investors knock at China hospitals Reuters 2011
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Balakrishnan The firm, which has a small team of nearly 15 bankers, follows a cradle-to-grave policy--where the investment bankers are involved from the client pitch to fee collection stage of a mandate.
Lazard India's Local Strategy Paying Off Sneha Shah 2011
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