as in survives
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 outlasts
Many go on to further education, civil-service roles, or even local panchayats, building a pipeline of community leadership that outlasts any single campaign.
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Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
North Crowley withstands delay, outlasts DeSoto To start the game, DeSoto (0-2) struck first in a hurry.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Sep. 2025
Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
North Crowley withstands delay, outlasts DeSoto To start the game, DeSoto (0-2) struck first in a hurry.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outlasts
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Annette Gordon-Reed’s The Hemingses of Monticello (2008) made Sally Hemings, from whom not a word survives, a figure crucial to understanding the workings of power in the early American republic.—
Jane Kamensky,
The Atlantic,
10 Oct. 2025
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Apart from the rare individual that survives and develops immunity, symptomatic deer will succumb to EHD within 36 hours.—
Sophie Hartley,
IndyStar,
9 Oct. 2025
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If the spouse with the lower amount outlives the higher earner, the surviving spouse will receive the higher benefit.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
5 Oct. 2025
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The work of the future will not be that which outlives the machine, but that which can question, supervise, integrate and guide it.—
Cristian Randieri,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Outlasts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outlasts. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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