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 Critics Choice Awards aired Sunday night from Los Angeles, paying tribute not only to the stars that lit up the big screen in 2025, but also to those whose impact outlived them.
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Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 5 Jan. 2026
Just as Maduro’s dictatorial regime allowed Venezuela’s apparatus of repression to outlive its founder, Hugo Chávez, the removal of one regime figure now may merely transfer power to another.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2026
Precious metals are widely viewed as a hedge against geopolitical unrest because the millennia-old stores of value are perceived as investments that could outlive calamity.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 22 Dec. 2025
The design outlived Gehry by a week and Miyake by three years — a small miracle by today’s cycles of retail turnover.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 12 Dec. 2025
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Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 5 Jan. 2026
Just as Maduro’s dictatorial regime allowed Venezuela’s apparatus of repression to outlive its founder, Hugo Chávez, the removal of one regime figure now may merely transfer power to another.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2026
Precious metals are widely viewed as a hedge against geopolitical unrest because the millennia-old stores of value are perceived as investments that could outlive calamity.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 22 Dec. 2025
The design outlived Gehry by a week and Miyake by three years — a small miracle by today’s cycles of retail turnover.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 12 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outlive
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Both pilots survived the crash.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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To become Florida law, bills need to survive committee hearings, pass votes in the House and Senate and avoid the governor’s veto pen.—
Ryan Ballogg,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
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In an era when logos often outlast leaders, this reframing feels less anomalous than revealing.—
Debbie Millman,
Time,
7 Jan. 2026
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More news Sweden outlasted Czechia to win its first World Juniors gold medal since 2012 yesterday.—
Chris Branch,
New York Times,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Outlive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outlive. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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