OUTSTAYING Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

outstaying

verb

present participle of outstay

as in overstaying

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as in outliving

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Starting in Arraez’s place was Basabe, who has spent more time with the club than originally anticipated due to Matt Chapman’s lingering abdominal strain.

— Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2026
Skubal’s arrival answers whatever lingering questions there were about the Dodgers’ quest for a third straight title, as well as ones yet to pop up.

— Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of lingering

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Penix was still waiting to be fully cleared from his ACL tear and Tagovailoa did not participate because of an injury that had flared up in recent days, according to Stefanski.

— Ken Sugiura, AJC.com, 30 July 2026
People whose vehicles remain trapped in the parking garage beneath the Empire Towers building in Glen Burnie, which was evacuated and declared unsafe on July 9, could be waiting months to get them back.

— Adam Thompson, CBS News, 30 July 2026

Definition of waiting

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By reading the mutations stacked up in the tumor’s genome as a kind of clock, researchers estimate the lineage has been dividing and passing from clam to clam for more than two centuries, outlasting countless generations of its hosts.

— John Drake, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
The 24-year-old from Texas shot 13-under for the tournament, outlasting Malaysia’s Mirabel Ting by one shot.

— Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 26 July 2026

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