outlived

past tense of outlive
as in survived
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 outlived Still others will be negative or stale, reflecting perceptions that have outlived the reality behind them. — Lora Kratchounova, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026 Music that has outlived trends, generations, and just about everything else the world has thrown at it. — Chris Willman, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026 Lori’s grandparents died in the 1980s, two more people outlived by a man who’d been sentenced to death. — Thomas Lake, AJC.com, 7 Oct. 2026 The assumed inference is that travelers rely on Google for their travel needs and that informative brochures and knowledgeable attendants are a quaint idea that has outlived its usefulness. — Frank Hosek, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026 The spacecraft launched in 2004 and has far outlived its original design life. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 1 Oct. 2026 The reality is more complicated than that, particularly considering Kacyznski’s writing outlived his arrest. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 24 Sep. 2026 Old rats paired with younger ones outlived those paired with animals their own age. — Venki Ramakrishnan, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026 Nearly nine decades later, Sanders argues that the standard has outlived the economy that it was built on. — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outlived
Verb
  • Mandell is survived by his two children and three grandchildren.
    — Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
  • His sister, Andrea Clark, 35, told the New York Post on Tuesday that her brother had been in remission from cancer since 2015 and had survived a car fire just weeks before his death.
    — Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026
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  • Buffalo outlasted Los Angeles in a back-and-forth affair featuring numerous twists, turns, touchdowns, turnovers and game-changing plays.
    — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The partnership outlasted her legal troubles and Kmart’s own 2002 bankruptcy.
    — Fernanda Tronco, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026

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“Outlived.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outlived. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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