outlast
verb
out·last
ˌau̇t-ˈlast 
outlasted; outlasting; outlasts
: to last longer than : to continue to exist, be active, etc., longer than (someone or something)
BookCourt … withstood the 1999 opening of a Barnes & Noble store just a few blocks away and even outlasted the owners' marriage.—
Eli Rosenberg
Eli RosenbergExamples of outlast in a Sentence
I truly hope this car will outlast our previous one
your work will probably outlast you
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The families that outlast are the ones whose rituals are self-generated and coherent.
—Big Think, 29 Oct. 2025
Freddie Freeman homered leading off the bottom of the 18th inning, Shohei Ohtani went deep twice in another record-setting performance and the Los Angeles Dodgers outlasted the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 in Game 3 on Monday night to win a World Series classic.
—Beth Harris, Denver Post, 28 Oct. 2025
The Dodgers had outlasted Toronto, 6-5, in a Game 3 that matched the longest night in World Series history, to take a 2-1 lead in this series.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2025
Uso ended up outlasting the field to earn the title match.
—Fernando Quiles Jr, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
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Big Think, 29 Oct. 2025
Freddie Freeman homered leading off the bottom of the 18th inning, Shohei Ohtani went deep twice in another record-setting performance and the Los Angeles Dodgers outlasted the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 in Game 3 on Monday night to win a World Series classic.
—Beth Harris, Denver Post, 28 Oct. 2025
The Dodgers had outlasted Toronto, 6-5, in a Game 3 that matched the longest night in World Series history, to take a 2-1 lead in this series.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2025
Uso ended up outlasting the field to earn the title match.
—Fernando Quiles Jr, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
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“Outlast.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outlast. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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