as in to survive
to last longer than
tortoises will outlive most people, as they live to be over 100 years old
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Recent Examples of outlive
Based on their research, the scientists say at least two distinct night lizard lineages outlived the asteroid collision.
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2025
Mature companies often cling to what worked in the past; the leaders usually built their legacies on products and systems that have outlived their utility and should be disrupted.
—Bill Fischer, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025
In a paper published on Tuesday in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, researchers report that female baboons who have strong relationships with their father—as measured by the amount of time a father-daughter pair spent grooming each other and living together—tend to outlive those who don’t.
—Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 18 June 2025
Khamenei’s zealotry is very unlikely to outlive him in Iran’s highest echelons of power.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 12 June 2025
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2025
Mature companies often cling to what worked in the past; the leaders usually built their legacies on products and systems that have outlived their utility and should be disrupted.
—Bill Fischer, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025
In a paper published on Tuesday in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, researchers report that female baboons who have strong relationships with their father—as measured by the amount of time a father-daughter pair spent grooming each other and living together—tend to outlive those who don’t.
—Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 18 June 2025
Khamenei’s zealotry is very unlikely to outlive him in Iran’s highest echelons of power.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 12 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outlive
survive
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To survive, pedal builders are doing something unusual in a competitive business: turning to one another for help.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
1 July 2025
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The measure narrowly survived the Senate after a marathon session ended with Vice President JD Vance casting the tie-breaking vote Tuesday.—
Caitlin Yilek
July 1,
CBS News,
1 July 2025
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“Outlive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outlive. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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