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
That detail alone has turned her grave into one of the most quietly powerful stops on any Austen pilgrimage — a writer remembered for her mind, in a place that didn’t yet know her work would outlive nearly everything around it.
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Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 1 May 2026
The same despair and grief and hope as that of our contemporary artists and thinkers whose work may or may not outlive the sixth extinction.
—Literary Hub, 30 Apr. 2026
Willie has a whole body of work that will outlive him.
—New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Worried about outliving your retirement savings?
—Andreina Rodriguez, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2026
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Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 1 May 2026
The same despair and grief and hope as that of our contemporary artists and thinkers whose work may or may not outlive the sixth extinction.
—Literary Hub, 30 Apr. 2026
Willie has a whole body of work that will outlive him.
—New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Worried about outliving your retirement savings?
—Andreina Rodriguez, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outlive
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Fred, their oldest surviving child, was suspended from Princeton for cheating, then caught embezzling from his Seattle employer to feed, Church suspected, a gambling habit.—
Sebastian Smee,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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The Sox survived a scare in the ninth.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
3 May 2026
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Both teams have been championship contenders much of their histories, but neither broke through and won the crown until the Liberty outlasted Minnesota in 2024.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
3 May 2026
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The boys rallied for a 4-3 win over defending state champion True North as Bote, a junior, and senior Colin Wheat outlasted junior Dan Horwitz and senior Caleb Chow 5-4 (7) and 5-4, including 10-8 in the Super Tiebreaker.—
Gary Curreri,
Sun Sentinel,
2 May 2026
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“Outlive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outlive. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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