as in survived
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 outlasted
Bin Laden outlasted Bellevue, too, before succumbing.
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Ben McGrath, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Pope outlasted Hollis and Panaro.
—Christopher Kuhagen, jsonline.com, 28 Sep. 2025
All these years later, Corigliano’s symphony has outlasted those skirmishes and emerged sounding fresh and exciting and powerful.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
But the West outlasted that bipolar conflict and even expanded its boundaries to include a number of former Soviet bloc countries and some former Soviet republics through the expansion of NATO and the European Union.
—Stewart Patrick, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2025
Cal thumped the Beavers, whacked Texas Southern and outlasted Minnesota.
—Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2025
Merriam has outlasted a long line of American dictionaries.
—Stefan Fatsis, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2025
In our battery drain test, the 16e outlasted the 16 by nearly four hours (21 hours and 37 minutes compared with 17 hours and 50 minutes).
—PC Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
In the final, Koller & Truong outlasted two of Australia’s best in Joseph Wild & George Wall.
—Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Ben McGrath, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Pope outlasted Hollis and Panaro.
—Christopher Kuhagen, jsonline.com, 28 Sep. 2025
All these years later, Corigliano’s symphony has outlasted those skirmishes and emerged sounding fresh and exciting and powerful.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
But the West outlasted that bipolar conflict and even expanded its boundaries to include a number of former Soviet bloc countries and some former Soviet republics through the expansion of NATO and the European Union.
—Stewart Patrick, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2025
Cal thumped the Beavers, whacked Texas Southern and outlasted Minnesota.
—Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2025
Merriam has outlasted a long line of American dictionaries.
—Stefan Fatsis, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2025
In our battery drain test, the 16e outlasted the 16 by nearly four hours (21 hours and 37 minutes compared with 17 hours and 50 minutes).
—PC Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
In the final, Koller & Truong outlasted two of Australia’s best in Joseph Wild & George Wall.
—Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outlasted
Verb
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Oxy barely survived the downturn, slashing its dividend from 79 cents per share each quarter down to just one penny.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
2 Oct. 2025
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Only 13 of the 62 crew members survived.—
Leanna Renee Hieber,
Big Think,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Hart had a brilliant but too-short run; Godard outlived nearly all his contemporaries and became one of the world’s most important filmmakers.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
27 Sep. 2025
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At 103 years old, the woman who first stepped into the story of the Black Dahlia murder would be the last to leave it, having outlived every other participant.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Outlasted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outlasted. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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