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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
Player recruitment was muddled, managerial appointments flawed (Remi Garde lasted 147 days in that relegation season) and the team underperformed.
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Stuart James, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2026
The girl testified during Campos' trial, which lasted four days.
—Jesse Sarles, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2026
Trump’s first chief of staff, Reince Priebus, lasted only from the inauguration until the end of July.
—Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 20 Mar. 2026
At an upholstery business in Central Havana, Giovanni Rafael Peleta was happy there was power — unlike the recent total blackout that lasted a day.
—George Solis, NBC news, 20 Mar. 2026
Duke notified the health district’s board at a regular meeting Friday after members agreed to go into an executive session that lasted nearly an hour, meaning the announcement and subsequent discussion were closed to the public, spokesperson Trent Young told the Idaho Statesman by phone.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 20 Mar. 2026
The closure lasted less than 24 hours, and the cafeteria has since resumed normal operations following the approval from the DBPR.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2026
Initial reports from local news outlets that indicated the standoff lasted 11 hours, that a marshal was struck by shrapnel and that Dickey had a hostage in the building were not accurate, Kitchens said.
—Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 14 Mar. 2026
The news conference lasted about 11 minutes.
—Dave Boucher, Freep.com, 13 Mar. 2026
Stuart James, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2026
The girl testified during Campos' trial, which lasted four days.
—Jesse Sarles, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2026
Trump’s first chief of staff, Reince Priebus, lasted only from the inauguration until the end of July.
—Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 20 Mar. 2026
At an upholstery business in Central Havana, Giovanni Rafael Peleta was happy there was power — unlike the recent total blackout that lasted a day.
—George Solis, NBC news, 20 Mar. 2026
Duke notified the health district’s board at a regular meeting Friday after members agreed to go into an executive session that lasted nearly an hour, meaning the announcement and subsequent discussion were closed to the public, spokesperson Trent Young told the Idaho Statesman by phone.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 20 Mar. 2026
The closure lasted less than 24 hours, and the cafeteria has since resumed normal operations following the approval from the DBPR.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2026
Initial reports from local news outlets that indicated the standoff lasted 11 hours, that a marshal was struck by shrapnel and that Dickey had a hostage in the building were not accurate, Kitchens said.
—Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 14 Mar. 2026
The news conference lasted about 11 minutes.
—Dave Boucher, Freep.com, 13 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lasted
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The final game of their regular season slate was a thriller against rival Ohio in which the Redhawks survived in overtime to cap off the undefeated regular season.—
SportsDay Staff,
Dallas Morning News,
16 Mar. 2026
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The commission, which was established by statute in 1987 and serves as a bridge between the government and the state’s growing Latino population, has now survived two attempts to defund or eliminate it.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
16 Mar. 2026
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The same sources also say the brand hasn't made significant profit from the phone, as costs remained high and kept rising amid the global memory shortage.—
James Peckham,
PC Magazine,
16 Mar. 2026
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With the Blazers losing, the Warriors remained a half-game up on Portland for the ninth seed.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
16 Mar. 2026
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Tretter prevailed over interim executive director David White and American Conference commissioner Tim Pernetti in a vote at the union’s annual meetings in San Diego earlier this week.—
Justin Birnbaum,
Sportico.com,
17 Mar. 2026
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Jan Schakowsky prevailed, and the guy who came in last was a young heir to a hotel fortune named JB Pritzker.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Mar. 2026
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Blizzard conditions continued in the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes on Monday after the storm walloped parts of Wisconsin and Michigan with several feet of snow.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
17 Mar. 2026
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Hezbollah has not lived up to its end of the deal, and Israel has continued bombing Hezbollah infrastructure in southern Lebanon.—
Mike Brest,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Mar. 2026
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Obviously, if the strait were to remain closed and this wartime status quo persisted into the summer, even greater economic pain would be felt across the planet.—
Tiana Lowe Doescher,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 2026
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At the same time – and unprecedentedly in Lebanon since the 1980s — open public debate has persisted concerning the possibility of reaching a normalization agreement with Israel.—
Asher Kaufman,
The Conversation,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Lasted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lasted. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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