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
Worried about outliving your retirement savings?
—
David McMillin, CNBC, 20 Apr. 2026
Vierstra has not developed ALS and is outliving many of his family members.
—Jon Lapook, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026
Today’s retirees are outliving any previous generation.
—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
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
David McMillin, CNBC, 20 Apr. 2026
Vierstra has not developed ALS and is outliving many of his family members.
—Jon Lapook, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026
Today’s retirees are outliving any previous generation.
—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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outliving
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Davis reflected on the tragedy of the situation and the trauma inflected on the surviving children.—
Ivan Pereira,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2026
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His is a work of coming to terms with the odds, surviving them, and doing so with grace, radiance, generosity, and spirit.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Apr. 2026
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The nightcap was even better, with Denver outlasting Michigan — two teams with 19 titles between them — in a double-overtime instant classic.—
Chris Branch,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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For Iran's leadership, by contrast, merely outlasting the onslaught could be seen as victory.—
JON GAMBRELL AND DAVID RISING THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Outliving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outliving. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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