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
Freddie Freeman homered leading off the bottom of the 18th inning, Shohei Ohtani went deep twice in another record-setting performance and the Los Angeles Dodgers outlasted the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 in Game 3 on Monday night to win a World Series classic.
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Beth Harris, Denver Post, 28 Oct. 2025
The Dodgers had outlasted Toronto, 6-5, in a Game 3 that matched the longest night in World Series history, to take a 2-1 lead in this series.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2025
Freddie Freeman homered leading off the bottom of the 18th inning, Shohei Ohtani went deep twice in another record-setting performance and the Dodgers outlasted the Toronto Blue Jays, 6-5, in Game 3 on Monday night to win a World Series classic.
—Oc Register, 27 Oct. 2025
Isaiah Robles rushed for 122 yards and two touchdowns on 24 carries, while Lucas DeOliveira ran for 100 yards on eight carries as Northeast (5-2) outlasted Greater Lowell 46-39 in the Commonwealth Athletic Conference.
—Tyler McManus, Boston Herald, 25 Oct. 2025
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander poured in a career-high 55 points as the Thunder outlasted the Indiana Pacers 141-135 on Thursday in what was Oklahoma City’s second straight double-overtime victory to begin the season.
—Frank Nunns O'Connell 15 Hr Ago, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
The Oklahoma City Thunder closed the 2024-25 NBA regular season with a 68-14 record, the best win total in franchise history, and then outlasted the Eastern Conference champion Indiana Pacers in a seven-game NBA Finals.
—Rowan Fisher-Shotton, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Tweak any number of environmental factors, and the tool-wielding, yarn-weaving Homo neanderthalensis may have outlasted its Homo sapien cousins (aka humans) instead of going extinct around 40,000 years ago.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 16 Oct. 2025
The Vara bow, a fixture of the house for nearly 50 years, sits at the center of its latest campaign — a quiet acknowledgment of a design that has outlasted trend cycles for nearly five decades.
—Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2025
Beth Harris, Denver Post, 28 Oct. 2025
The Dodgers had outlasted Toronto, 6-5, in a Game 3 that matched the longest night in World Series history, to take a 2-1 lead in this series.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2025
Freddie Freeman homered leading off the bottom of the 18th inning, Shohei Ohtani went deep twice in another record-setting performance and the Dodgers outlasted the Toronto Blue Jays, 6-5, in Game 3 on Monday night to win a World Series classic.
—Oc Register, 27 Oct. 2025
Isaiah Robles rushed for 122 yards and two touchdowns on 24 carries, while Lucas DeOliveira ran for 100 yards on eight carries as Northeast (5-2) outlasted Greater Lowell 46-39 in the Commonwealth Athletic Conference.
—Tyler McManus, Boston Herald, 25 Oct. 2025
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander poured in a career-high 55 points as the Thunder outlasted the Indiana Pacers 141-135 on Thursday in what was Oklahoma City’s second straight double-overtime victory to begin the season.
—Frank Nunns O'Connell 15 Hr Ago, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
The Oklahoma City Thunder closed the 2024-25 NBA regular season with a 68-14 record, the best win total in franchise history, and then outlasted the Eastern Conference champion Indiana Pacers in a seven-game NBA Finals.
—Rowan Fisher-Shotton, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Tweak any number of environmental factors, and the tool-wielding, yarn-weaving Homo neanderthalensis may have outlasted its Homo sapien cousins (aka humans) instead of going extinct around 40,000 years ago.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 16 Oct. 2025
The Vara bow, a fixture of the house for nearly 50 years, sits at the center of its latest campaign — a quiet acknowledgment of a design that has outlasted trend cycles for nearly five decades.
—Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outlasted
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The child survived the attack and was brought to a nearby hospital, where they were treated for minor injuries, according to the ODFW.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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Harley was wounded twice but survived the war dying in Adelaide in 1934 of a cancer his family say was caused by him being gassed by the Germans in the trenches.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
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But with the advent of new materials and technologies in the latter half of the 20th century, many of these styles outlived their usefulness in the original contexts they were meant to be worn.—
Eric Twardzik,
Robb Report,
17 Oct. 2025
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Samuel Adams also outlived his.—
Stacy Schiff,
The Atlantic,
8 Oct. 2025
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