live out

verb

lived out; living out; lives out
British
: to live away from the place where one works
a servant who lives out

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The matriarch of this baseball family — the mom who was always around — is now more than seven months in, unable to watch her two sons live out their dreams up close. Spencer Nusbaum, New York Times, 10 July 2026 When the 2008 crash took our home, my family lived out of my mother’s car, couch-surfed, and slept in storage units. Elijah Manley, Sun Sentinel, 9 July 2026 After the sitcom wrapped, Sawyer stepped away from acting and largely lived out of the public eye. Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 8 July 2026 At some point that Will could not remember, Butch stopped living out of his suitcase and got himself a chest of drawers and apparently—though Will didn’t notice them for some time—houseplants. Emily Ruskovich, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for live out

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“Live out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/live%20out. Accessed 23 Jul. 2026.

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