as in surviving
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 outlasting
Despite trailing for much of the game, Texas A&M men's basketball battled back to force triple-overtime, outlasting LSU in the regular season finale 94-91.
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Tony Catalina, Austin American Statesman, 7 Mar. 2026
Remember, Geno Smith had started five games in seven seasons before outlasting Drew Lock for the starting job heading into the 2022 season, and Smith was a good starter for the better part of three years.
—Jeff Howe, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
The king of this year’s crop of bad-dad movies, outlasting Jay Kelly and Ella McKay.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2026
The Seahawks punched their ticket by winning a rubber match against the Los Angeles Rams, outlasting their division rival 31-27 in an explosive thriller.
—Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 26 Jan. 2026
Mendoza and the Hoosiers won their first national title by outlasting Miami, 27-21, before 67,227 fans.
—Ed Graney Las Vegas Review-Journal, Arkansas Online, 21 Jan. 2026
Their own addictions to meth persisted for years, outlasting the lives of both their father and grandfather.
—Katheryn Houghton, NPR, 8 Jan. 2026
Nevada has won two in a row after a 1-8 start, outlasting Wyoming last week for a 13-7 road victory.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2025
But when the show first kicked off 20 years ago, the prize for outlasting other celebrities in ABC’s makeshift ballroom looked and felt very different.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 25 Nov. 2025
Tony Catalina, Austin American Statesman, 7 Mar. 2026
Remember, Geno Smith had started five games in seven seasons before outlasting Drew Lock for the starting job heading into the 2022 season, and Smith was a good starter for the better part of three years.
—Jeff Howe, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
The king of this year’s crop of bad-dad movies, outlasting Jay Kelly and Ella McKay.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2026
The Seahawks punched their ticket by winning a rubber match against the Los Angeles Rams, outlasting their division rival 31-27 in an explosive thriller.
—Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 26 Jan. 2026
Mendoza and the Hoosiers won their first national title by outlasting Miami, 27-21, before 67,227 fans.
—Ed Graney Las Vegas Review-Journal, Arkansas Online, 21 Jan. 2026
Their own addictions to meth persisted for years, outlasting the lives of both their father and grandfather.
—Katheryn Houghton, NPR, 8 Jan. 2026
Nevada has won two in a row after a 1-8 start, outlasting Wyoming last week for a 13-7 road victory.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2025
But when the show first kicked off 20 years ago, the prize for outlasting other celebrities in ABC’s makeshift ballroom looked and felt very different.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 25 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outlasting
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In the state’s death chamber in Huntsville, Ricks apologized in his last statement to the third, surviving victim, Marcus Figueroa, who watched the execution through glass, the closest person among his relatives in an observation room to Ricks.—
Emerson Clarridge
Updated March 12,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 Mar. 2026
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Elliott and others located the victims at Pizza City early on the morning of April 16, shooting one victim to death and shooting another surviving victim multiple times.—
Josh Davis,
Baltimore Sun,
12 Mar. 2026
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But these days, John is just as focused on outliving his competition as out-negotiating them.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
8 Mar. 2026
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Retirees must manage withdrawals carefully to avoid outliving their savings.—
Lauren Schuster,
Miami Herald,
25 Feb. 2026
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“Outlasting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outlasting. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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