Thesaurus results for OUTLIVE

outlive

verb

ˌau̇t-ˈliv

Definition of outlive

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 Such is the power of mythic literature that the creation has outlived his creator. — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026 Jackson Pollock was more famous, but Lee Krasner outlived him by almost three decades. — Shauna Lyon, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2026 As the report found, TV ads have not outlived their usefulness. — Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2026 Yet historical symbols often outlive the contexts in which they were created, and the American alligator bears the imprint of a long racial history. — The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for outlive

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The average company is 109 years old, and more than half have been in business for over a century, surviving global conflicts and adapting through multiple industrial revolutions.

— Sam Birchall, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2026
The system would also need to survive punishing off-road conditions.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2026

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No one had done this thorough a job to trace the legend’s origins and find out what is true and what is demonstrably false about it — and, more importantly, why the damn thing has outlasted nearly every other gossip item in the history of Hollywood.

— Allen Salkin, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026
The Buffalo Bills outlasted the Houston Texans, 36-31, in a game that featured nine lead changes.

— Dan Pompei, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

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