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
If the spouse with the lower amount outlives the higher earner, the surviving spouse will receive the higher benefit.
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outlives
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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
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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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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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“Outlives.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outlives. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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