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cradle-to-grave

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cra·dle-to-grave (krdl-t-grv)
adj.
1. Present or in effect throughout a person's lifetime: cradle-to-grave health insurance.
2. Occurring or persisting from beginning to end: "the cradle-to-grave effects on the environment of making, using and disposing of a product" (Cynthia Crossen).


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The first is that we design products to be thrown "away" when, in fact, there is no "away," and cradle-to-grave designs foul our own nest.
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Acquisition program managers are responsible for leading a program through major milestones, which cover cradle-to-grave aspects of weapons systems and equipment, said Col.
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Once established, it could easily be linked to existing K-12 and workforce databases to create unprecedented cradle-to-grave tracking of American citizens.
Cradle-to-grave federal scrutiny by The New American
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