as in survives
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 outlives
If the spouse with the lower amount outlives the higher earner, the surviving spouse will receive the higher benefit.
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Medora Lee, USA Today, 5 Oct. 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
Medora Lee, USA Today, 5 Oct. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outlives
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The Creature, who longs for death, attempts to blow itself up with that dynamite, but survives the blast.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Jan. 2026
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Government agencies and businesses that invest in this training, and that insist every critical number survives a deterministic check, will capture AI's benefits without stumbling into its blind spots.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Jan. 2026
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But her work is about building infrastructure that outlasts political cycles and social media backlash.—
Essence,
Essence,
10 Nov. 2025
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Every artist, athlete, or entrepreneur who outlasts is following a pure thread of desire.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Outlives.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outlives. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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