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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The team features Megan Grant, the Bruins' two-sport athlete who shattered Lauren Espinoza's 31-year-old single-season home run record in the Big Ten Softball Tournament and extended it to 40 home runs, outlasting Oklahoma's Kendall Wells for the record.
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Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 29 May 2026
That kind of support is what tends to outlast everything else.
—Angela Haupt, Time, 28 May 2026
The Bed Rot Challenge is a new reality competition web series in which stars from Survivor, The Traitors, Love Island USA, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, The Bachelorette, and Beast Games will attempt to outwit and outlast each other… on a bed.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 27 May 2026
The Conte will find you regardless—whether in the gardens, the chapel, along the river, or by the water mill—ready to tell you exactly how this land fed Venice, sheltered its people, and outlasted its republic.
—Erica Firpo, Travel + Leisure, 21 May 2026
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Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 29 May 2026
That kind of support is what tends to outlast everything else.
—Angela Haupt, Time, 28 May 2026
The Bed Rot Challenge is a new reality competition web series in which stars from Survivor, The Traitors, Love Island USA, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, The Bachelorette, and Beast Games will attempt to outwit and outlast each other… on a bed.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 27 May 2026
The Conte will find you regardless—whether in the gardens, the chapel, along the river, or by the water mill—ready to tell you exactly how this land fed Venice, sheltered its people, and outlasted its republic.
—Erica Firpo, Travel + Leisure, 21 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outlast
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Two men died and one woman survived a helicopter crash leaving a wedding in North Georgia on Friday night, the coroner confirmed.—
Samantha Hogan,
AJC.com,
1 June 2026
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There's no doubt that when temperatures start to rise and approach 90 and 100 degrees Fahrenheit, the only way to survive is to find places with fans or air conditioning, or, if possible, escape to the beach or pool to cool off.—
Marilú Almaguer,
Glamour,
31 May 2026
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Many of these works have far outlived their creators.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 May 2026
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This works because institutional capital tied to physical infrastructure outlives any single economic cycle.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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“Outlast.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outlast. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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