as in surviving
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 outliving
Today’s retirees are outliving any previous generation.
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Steve Booren, Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2026
Americans fear outliving their savings as much as any other potential retirement setback, including failing health, according to research from the Transamerica Center.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 14 Mar. 2026
But these days, John is just as focused on outliving his competition as out-negotiating them.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2026
Retirees must manage withdrawals carefully to avoid outliving their savings.
—Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 25 Feb. 2026
Worried about outliving your retirement savings?
—Dan Avery,jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 25 Feb. 2026
However, as an IFL Science report points out, operators failed to foresee Hubble outliving the Space Shuttle Program.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 13 Jan. 2026
Ladies refuse to be diminished during one of the most important seasons of your life, the days of outliving men but doing it in poor health are over.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 3 Dec. 2025
This means that the box can be easily transferred between different base chassis, potentially outliving the truck (or multiple trucks).
—New Atlas, 14 Nov. 2025
Steve Booren, Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2026
Americans fear outliving their savings as much as any other potential retirement setback, including failing health, according to research from the Transamerica Center.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 14 Mar. 2026
But these days, John is just as focused on outliving his competition as out-negotiating them.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2026
Retirees must manage withdrawals carefully to avoid outliving their savings.
—Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 25 Feb. 2026
Worried about outliving your retirement savings?
—Dan Avery,jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 25 Feb. 2026
However, as an IFL Science report points out, operators failed to foresee Hubble outliving the Space Shuttle Program.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 13 Jan. 2026
Ladies refuse to be diminished during one of the most important seasons of your life, the days of outliving men but doing it in poor health are over.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 3 Dec. 2025
This means that the box can be easily transferred between different base chassis, potentially outliving the truck (or multiple trucks).
—New Atlas, 14 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outliving
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Our team found that a hospital cyberattack cut the odds of surviving a cardiac arrest without devastating brain damage by nearly 90% at nearby hospitals, not just the one that was attacked.—
Jeffrey Tully,
Fortune,
26 Mar. 2026
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This sighting suggests that the baby will likely live to adulthood after surviving its first year of life.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
26 Mar. 2026
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South Regional prediction Houston returns to the Final Four by outlasting Florida in a rematch of last year’s championship game.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
16 Mar. 2026
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Despite trailing for much of the game, Texas A&M men's basketball battled back to force triple-overtime, outlasting LSU in the regular season finale 94-91.—
Tony Catalina,
Austin American Statesman,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Outliving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outliving. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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