LASTED Synonyms: 75 Similar and Opposite Words

lasted

verb

past tense of last

as in survived

to continue to operate or to meet one's needs we were lucky that the batteries lasted until we could get to the store to buy more

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as in remained

to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state this heavy drought has lasted all summer

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Recent Examples of lasted The spreadsheet era has lasted far too long, along with QA practices that were rendered obsolete three to four years ago. — Stefan Gogoll, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026 Common Womon closed in 1982, while Womonfyre lasted until 1989. — Tara Knight, Bon Appetit Magazine, 6 Nov. 2026 In September, two flights from the same stratoport lasted 29 and 52 hours nonstop, according to CATEC, the Andalusian aerospace center that operates the aircraft. — New Atlas, 6 Nov. 2026 The last fiscal year has seen three government shutdowns, the longest of which lasted for 76 days. — Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 6 Nov. 2026 About a minute into the injection, Guardado began breathing heavily, followed by some sputtering and twitching that lasted about another minute. — David Fischer, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2026 The experiment lasted just three days after which officials reversed course, sending students back online without offering a new date for schools to reopen. — Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 4 Nov. 2026 The behemoth in question is one of Rolls-Royce’s Meteorite V8s, an engine originally intended for the Mighty Antar tank transporter that entered service in the early 1950s and lasted well into the ’80s. — Adam Ismail, The Drive, 4 Nov. 2026 In August, 38 people were killed when a Russian drone strike on an ammunition depot near the capital triggered a large fire and multiple explosions that lasted hours in a residential area near Kyiv. — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2026

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He is survived by his wife, four children and two grandchildren, Isabella and Edward.

— Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2026
He is also survived by his younger brother Nigel Frieda, the British music producer and founder of the Sugababes.

— Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of survived

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The pickup truck driver remained at the scene and was cooperating with investigators, Monroe said.

— Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 3 Nov. 2026
Regardless, Republican Sam Matthews, an at-times independent voter who dropped into the Ohio GOP bus tour launch party in Strongsville, remained adamant Democrats continued to be too extreme for most of the electorate.

— Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of remained

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Other Democrats, as well as some Republicans, have continued to push to hold Epstein associates accountable.

— Ava Berger, NPR, 11 Nov. 2026
Armies of lawyers and volunteers for both sides continued to monitor the vote count across the state's 82 counties.

— Gregory S. Schneider The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of continued

Verb

Hill-Lewis is hoping that South Africans are finally fed up with the ANC’s largely one-party rule that has persisted since Mandela became president in the first all-race elections in 1994.

— Keith B. Richburg, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2026
Students blamed rampant state corruption, and their mass protests persisted in the face of violent repression.

— Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2026