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as in survives
to last longer than
these running shoes have outworn any others that I have ever bought
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as in wears
to use up all the physical energy of
a daily grind that would outwear anybody
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outwears
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Annette Gordon-Reed’s The Hemingses of Monticello (2008) made Sally Hemings, from whom not a word survives, a figure crucial to understanding the workings of power in the early American republic.—
Jane Kamensky,
The Atlantic,
10 Oct. 2025 -
Apart from the rare individual that survives and develops immunity, symptomatic deer will succumb to EHD within 36 hours.—
Sophie Hartley,
IndyStar,
9 Oct. 2025
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In the campaign, the modern Godfather of Autotune wears lab goggles and red & blue layered button-downs under a crisp white scientist coat while holding up the boot.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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This directly helped inspire the flesh masks that Leatherface wears in the Chainsaw films.—
Keith Langston,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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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
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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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In Monster, viewers briefly spot Henry while Ed kills George and spends time with Augusta.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
8 Oct. 2025
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The couple who kills together doesn’t necessarily stay together, as this movie posits in a twisted fashion.—
Vanessa Maki,
Vulture,
8 Oct. 2025
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Many go on to further education, civil-service roles, or even local panchayats, building a pipeline of community leadership that outlasts any single campaign.—
Afdhel Aziz,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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North Crowley withstands delay, outlasts DeSoto To start the game, DeSoto (0-2) struck first in a hurry.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Sep. 2025
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Additional motorsport-style heave dampers act to suppress squat and dive, giving the bespoke Pirelli Trofeo R tires a fighting chance of relaying 1,257 ft lbs of torque to the road.—
Tim Pitt,
Robb Report,
6 Aug. 2025
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Instead of gradually boiling into insanity, the film hits fever pitch hallucinations right away and quickly exhausts itself attempting to keep pace.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
11 Oct. 2025
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Many market observers are urging investors to rebalance their portfolios, while also acknowledging there could be further upside before the AI rally exhausts itself.—
Sean Conlon,Sarah Min,
CNBC,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Outwears.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outwears. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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