as in to survive
to last longer than
I truly hope this car will outlast our previous one your work will probably outlast you
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Recent Examples of outlast
A lot of my work has looked at the ideological and institutional infrastructure that the right has been building since 2016, which will certainly outlast Trump and potentially, in time, produce a leader who is even more dangerous.
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Suzanne Schneider, The New York Review of Books, 25 Mar. 2026
The following season, Allen, Donny Marshall and Kevin Ollie led a group that again had Final Four dreams, but they were outlasted in Oakland by top-seeded UCLA in the Elite Eight.
—Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 25 Mar. 2026
Victory depended on scale, endurance, and the ability to outlast the other side.
—The Ai Insider, Interesting Engineering, 23 Mar. 2026
South Korea still plans to phase out use of coal, but the recent moves could outlast the crisis, Kim said.
—ABC News, 23 Mar. 2026
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Suzanne Schneider, The New York Review of Books, 25 Mar. 2026
The following season, Allen, Donny Marshall and Kevin Ollie led a group that again had Final Four dreams, but they were outlasted in Oakland by top-seeded UCLA in the Elite Eight.
—Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 25 Mar. 2026
Victory depended on scale, endurance, and the ability to outlast the other side.
—The Ai Insider, Interesting Engineering, 23 Mar. 2026
South Korea still plans to phase out use of coal, but the recent moves could outlast the crisis, Kim said.
—ABC News, 23 Mar. 2026
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In an era when brick-and-mortar bookstores seem to be in grave peril, this charming West Village corner store, which first opened in 1968, has managed to survive.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Mar. 2026
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All people were able to survive with no life-threatening injuries.—
Jessica Riley,
CBS News,
30 Mar. 2026
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His legacy to our nation will outlive any tweet or any statement of the current president.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 Mar. 2026
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Today’s retirees are outliving any previous generation.—
Steve Booren,
Denver Post,
15 Mar. 2026
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“Outlast.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outlast. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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