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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On Sunday night, the Thunder outlasted the Indiana Pacers in a grueling Game 7 to bring home their first-ever NBA championship since moving to Oklahoma—an extraordinary achievement for a franchise once dismissed as too young, too small-market, and too slow-moving for today’s win-now culture.
—Don Yaeger, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
In fact, Hunter points to a 2016 review of more than 55 fatigue studies that concluded that, on average, women outlasted men by 36%.
—Anne Marie Chaker, Time, 18 June 2025
In test after test, female muscles outlast men’s when doing repetitive, if lower-weight, work, according to the pioneering research of Sandra Hunter, an exercise physiologist at the University of Michigan.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 June 2025
Through 1,300 battles and skirmishes, the Army had outlasted the British Empire.
—David Martin
june 15, CBS News, 15 June 2025
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Don Yaeger, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
In fact, Hunter points to a 2016 review of more than 55 fatigue studies that concluded that, on average, women outlasted men by 36%.
—Anne Marie Chaker, Time, 18 June 2025
In test after test, female muscles outlast men’s when doing repetitive, if lower-weight, work, according to the pioneering research of Sandra Hunter, an exercise physiologist at the University of Michigan.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 June 2025
Through 1,300 battles and skirmishes, the Army had outlasted the British Empire.
—David Martin
june 15, CBS News, 15 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for outlast
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“Outlast.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outlast. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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