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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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Now many of those protesters—the ones who survived the Islamic Republic’s violent backlash—are in prison, and the city is under bombardment.—
Jason Rezaian,
New Yorker,
24 Mar. 2026
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Miami, which beat Missouri before falling Sunday to Purdue, would be facing Texas in the Sweet 16 had the Canes survived the Boilermakers.—
Greg Cote
Updated March 23,
Miami Herald,
23 Mar. 2026
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The Air Canada Express CRJ-900 plane, operated by its regional partner Jazz Aviation, was carrying 72 passengers and four crew members from Montreal, based on a preliminary passenger list that remained subject to confirmation.—
Gursimran Mehar,
USA Today,
23 Mar. 2026
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Inventory levels remained stunningly low across Hartford County and most of Connecticut in February with little over a month’s supply of single-family houses for sale, according to the latest housing report from SmartMLS, the statewide multiple listing service.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
22 Mar. 2026
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In both cases, the civilian leaders easily prevailed.—
Kori Schake,
The Atlantic,
22 Mar. 2026
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No plaintiff verdict prevailed.—
Vanity Fair,
Vanity Fair,
21 Mar. 2026
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Emergency teams rushed to the crash site as search and rescue operations continued late into the day.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Mar. 2026
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The death toll was nearly double that of the previous figure given by authorities, who continued search and recovery efforts at the site of the deadly crash.—
Luis Jaime Acosta,
USA Today,
24 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 27 Mar. 2026.
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