How to Use useful life in a Sentence

useful life

noun
  • But coal plants have a 40- year useful life.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 17 May 2026
  • Dale said the corridor is past its useful life.
    — Emily McLeod, CBS News, 5 May 2026
  • Finally, the starter could just be nearing the end of its useful life.
    — John Paul Senior Manager Public Affairs and Traffic Safety Aaa Northeast, Hartford Courant, 8 Feb. 2026
  • About 16% of lines are past their useful life, the public utility said.
    — Nick Lentz, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • But those same strong bonds become a problem after the useful life of a plastic product is over.
    — Michael Irving, New Atlas, 27 Mar. 2025
  • At the same time, the co-op's nearly 50-year-old well and pipe system was nearing the end of its useful life.
    — Austin Corona, The Arizona Republic, 25 Nov. 2024
  • As the plant nears its 60th year, essential equipment is reaching the end of its useful life.
    — Nai Hsueh, The Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2024
  • At the end of their useful life, all the parts can be sorted by material and recycled.
    — Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Watch for divergence in useful life assumptions.
    — Brian Anderson, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • The road is reaching the end of its useful life and will continue to require taxpayer money to maintain it.
    — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Mar. 2026
  • If useful life assumptions compress and earnings fall, hyperscalers will slow builds.
    — Brian Anderson, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • The politicians or the regulators agreed to shut down a coal plant 15 years before its useful life ended.
    — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 19 Dec. 2025
  • For one thing, equipment at the connection points is 30 to 40 years old, and nearing the end of its useful life.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 8 Aug. 2018
  • The model suggests a $286K loss per vehicle over its useful life.
    — Gustavo Castillo, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Arnold said the liner at Ridgeland pool, which was built in 1962, has outlived its useful life.
    — Alicia Fabbre, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
  • If the light does not illuminate, then the issue could be a wiring issue, module or a sensor nearing the end of its useful life.
    — John Paul, The Providence Journal, 23 Jan. 2026
  • They must be forced to store enough fuel and retain the capability for spacecraft to steer safely out of space when their useful life is over.
    — The Editors, Scientific American, 17 May 2024
  • The risk of door failures can increase as rail cars age past their useful life, experts said, requiring extra vigilance and upkeep.
    — Laura Crimaldi, BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2023
  • This vision of circularity must start with how a car is manufactured, not just how it is dismantled at the end of its useful life.
    — James Morris, Fortune Europe, 7 Oct. 2024
  • The company will also have a system for replacing and recycling batteries that have reached the end of their useful life.
    — Barry Collins, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Space agencies and private companies around the world are now working to devise more satellites that can be safely de-orbited at the end of their useful life.
    — Alex Knapp, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
  • The pump station was also at the end of its useful life and experienced corrosion due to water on the pump station walls, officials said.
    — Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2025
  • If the inspection shows the roof has five or more years of useful life left, the insurance company could not reject coverage simply because of age.
    — Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Avoid overspending on these items, considering their limited useful life.
    — Pattie Ehsaei, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Updates that prolong your home’s useful life—such as adding a new roof, for example—are another option, as are improvements that adapt your home to new uses.
    — Aly J. Yale, wsj.com, 12 Oct. 2023
  • The data minimization approach dictates that sensitive data should not be stored beyond its useful life.
    — Rajesh Parthasarathy, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
  • If that inspection confirms at least five years of remaining useful life, the insurer may not refuse to issue or renew coverage based on roof age alone.
    — Mike McGilvary, Sun Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Most companies retire laptops and phones on a 24- to 36-month accounting clock, even though devices still have years of useful life.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • To learn better mindfulness is to acquire eminently useful life skills; technology is the conduit to this.
    — Steven Aquino, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023
  • These schedules often require businesses to deduct the cost of these investments over an extended period, which can be much longer than the useful life of the assets.
    — Veronique De Rugy, Orange County Register, 23 May 2024

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