Thesaurus results for OUTLIVES

outlives

verb

Definition of outlives next

present tense third-person singular of outlive

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 Hadi’s exceptional attention gives cinematic identity to collective artisanal energy, to the life force of care and devotion that stands outside the agonies of politics, to the spirit that endures a regime and outlives it. —

Richard Brody, New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2026 Quiet credibility sometimes outlives viral moments. —

Becca Brazil, Rolling Stone, 26 Jan. 2026 For Salaam, the launch of the Pritzy Floral Design Studio at 12127 Blue Ridge Suite F in Grandview is about putting something in place that outlives her. —

Kansas City Star, 11 Jan. 2026 If the spouse with the lower amount outlives the higher earner, the surviving spouse will receive the higher benefit. —

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

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If a meteor survives the entry and ends up on the ground (or lodged in someone's roof), it is then called a meteorite.

— Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 24 Mar. 2026
The great revelation of the exhibition is the group of works in silver and gold from 18th-century Naples, where nothing of their quality and scale survives today.

— Sarah Kozlowski, Dallas Morning News, 21 Mar. 2026