outlive
verb
out·live
ˌau̇t-ˈliv 
outlived; outliving; outlives
1
: to live beyond or longer than
outlived most of his friends
outlive its usefulness
2
: to survive the effects of
universities … outlive many political and social changes—
J. B. Conant
J. B. Conant
Examples of outlive in a Sentence
No mother wants to outlive her children.
He outlived his wife by 10 years.
Recent Examples on the Web
California’s longest-serving Assembly speaker and San Francisco’s first Black mayor turns 90, outliving most of his rivals and celebrating at a big party in SF City Hall with typical flair while appearing 20 years younger.
—Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 24 Mar. 2024
Boomers and Gen Xers already report difficulty in outliving their savings, and young adults are navigating the same uphill climb but without the safety of a pension or guarantee of social security still being around.
—Chloe Berger, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2024
A lot of these things probably started as jokes, but such gestures have a way of outliving their origins.
—Sam Apple, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
Collectively, the group lived through 17 presidents and had, of course, outlived all presidents ever.
—Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2024
Anne, in turn, outlived Henry’s other five wives, dying during the reign of her stepdaughter Mary I in 1557.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Mar. 2024
Brown has outlived most of his peers and contemporaries.
—James Richardson, The Mercury News, 19 Mar. 2024
Has the character simply outlived its questionable-in-the-first-place value?
—Mark Harris Rf. Alvarez, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2024
First used to send messages over land in 1844, Morse code outlived the telegraph age by becoming the lingua franca of the sea.
—Saahil Desai, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2024
Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 24 Mar. 2024
Boomers and Gen Xers already report difficulty in outliving their savings, and young adults are navigating the same uphill climb but without the safety of a pension or guarantee of social security still being around.
—Chloe Berger, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2024
A lot of these things probably started as jokes, but such gestures have a way of outliving their origins.
—Sam Apple, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
Collectively, the group lived through 17 presidents and had, of course, outlived all presidents ever.
—Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2024
Anne, in turn, outlived Henry’s other five wives, dying during the reign of her stepdaughter Mary I in 1557.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Mar. 2024
Brown has outlived most of his peers and contemporaries.
—James Richardson, The Mercury News, 19 Mar. 2024
Has the character simply outlived its questionable-in-the-first-place value?
—Mark Harris Rf. Alvarez, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2024
First used to send messages over land in 1844, Morse code outlived the telegraph age by becoming the lingua franca of the sea.
—Saahil Desai, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2024
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outlive
verb
out·live
(ˈ)au̇t-ˈliv
: to live longer than : outlast
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