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
Hart had a brilliant but too-short run; Godard outlived nearly all his contemporaries and became one of the world’s most important filmmakers.
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2025
The film projects Coker’s vision of fashion as heirloom, clothing designed to outlive its owners and be passed down to new generations.
—Hanna McNeila, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2025
The work of the future will not be that which outlives the machine, but that which can question, supervise, integrate and guide it.
—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
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2025
The film projects Coker’s vision of fashion as heirloom, clothing designed to outlive its owners and be passed down to new generations.
—Hanna McNeila, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2025
The work of the future will not be that which outlives the machine, but that which can question, supervise, integrate and guide it.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outlive
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France’s government survived a no-confidence vote in Parliament on Thursday by a thin margin, giving the country a brief respite from intense political turmoil before what is expected to be another brutal battle over its budget.—
Aurelien Breeden,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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The heavily scarred accident survivor is taking physical therapy for her leg wounds months after surviving the Season 1 finale crash.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
15 Oct. 2025
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The Vara bow, a fixture of the house for nearly 50 years, sits at the center of its latest campaign — a quiet acknowledgment of a design that has outlasted trend cycles for nearly five decades.—
Maggie Clancy,
Footwear News,
14 Oct. 2025
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Week 6’s Sunday action began with an unsightly offensive showing in London, where the Denver Broncos outlasted the New York Jets, 13-11.—
The Athletic NFL Staff,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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“Outlive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outlive. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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