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
That Anaheim team outlasted a young McDavid and Draisaitl, who got Edmonton back in the playoffs after a 10-year absence.
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Eric Stephens, New York Times, 1 May 2026
Above the director sat the National Science Board – also presidentially appointed and Senate-confirmed, but serving staggered six-year terms designed to outlast any single administration.
—Caroline Wagner, The Conversation, 30 Apr. 2026
But alas, Hazina outlasted even her most devoted fan.
—Audrey Pachuta, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
Top handle bags have outlasted other fleeting trends, and this yellow accessory is versatile enough to carry crossbody, keeping your hands free.
—Nicol Natale, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026
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Eric Stephens, New York Times, 1 May 2026
Above the director sat the National Science Board – also presidentially appointed and Senate-confirmed, but serving staggered six-year terms designed to outlast any single administration.
—Caroline Wagner, The Conversation, 30 Apr. 2026
But alas, Hazina outlasted even her most devoted fan.
—Audrey Pachuta, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
Top handle bags have outlasted other fleeting trends, and this yellow accessory is versatile enough to carry crossbody, keeping your hands free.
—Nicol Natale, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outlast
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Fred, their oldest surviving child, was suspended from Princeton for cheating, then caught embezzling from his Seattle employer to feed, Church suspected, a gambling habit.—
Sebastian Smee,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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The Sox survived a scare in the ninth.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
3 May 2026
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The same despair and grief and hope as that of our contemporary artists and thinkers whose work may or may not outlive the sixth extinction.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Apr. 2026
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Willie has a whole body of work that will outlive him.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Outlast.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outlast. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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