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
The work of the future will not be that which outlives the machine, but that which can question, supervise, integrate and guide it.
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Cristian Randieri, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
But institutions and policies designed to solve old problems often outlive their goals and yield new, compounding problems.
—Tanner H. Jones, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
My bond with these people will long outlive this show, and that is something that is beyond essential to me.
—Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 15 Sep. 2025
But the Democrats have lost ground to Republicans in voter registration in all 30 states that register voters by party, suggesting Kirk’s 2024 get-out-the-vote work may outlive him.
—W. James Antle Iii, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
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Cristian Randieri, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
But institutions and policies designed to solve old problems often outlive their goals and yield new, compounding problems.
—Tanner H. Jones, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
My bond with these people will long outlive this show, and that is something that is beyond essential to me.
—Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 15 Sep. 2025
But the Democrats have lost ground to Republicans in voter registration in all 30 states that register voters by party, suggesting Kirk’s 2024 get-out-the-vote work may outlive him.
—W. James Antle Iii, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
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This discipline, debating until the best idea survives, teaches future leaders to welcome scrutiny, pressure-test their own reasoning, and make tough calls with limited information.—
Ruth Umoh,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2025
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In June, Netanyahu’s right-wing coalition narrowly survived a push for early elections, which could have led to the dissolution of his government and advanced an election set for October 2026.—
Caitlin McFall,
FOXNews.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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But premature calls for a ceasefire or rash recognitions of statehood merely soothe consciences, while signaling to jihadists and authoritarian powers that the West need only be outlasted.—
Aviva Klompas,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
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Bezos pointed to the large-scale investment in fiber-optic cable that came out of the dotcom bubble as an example of a benefit that outlasted some of the companies from that era.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Outlive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outlive. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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