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outlast

[aut-last, -lahst] / ˌaʊtˈlæst, -ˈlɑst /


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The default brought an early end to an excellent contest, with 39-year-old Djokovic having played superbly to outlast an opponent nine years his junior.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

“This story may outlast me,” she wrote. “but it’s not going to outlast or outsmart that little girl.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

"We want to go beyond personal relationships so that the relationship becomes more institutionally based and can outlast changes in government," the source said on condition of anonymity.

From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026

In his Beijing hotel suite, Carney watched the news from Greenland play out on the TV and debated with aides whether Trump’s demands would outlast him and become U.S. policy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

I also don’t just mean that they will outlast us, even though they will.

From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin

Now, with royalty streams from two approved drugs and a pipeline built on its platform for engineering gut-stable peptides, Protagonist may have a business that outlasts the current fad.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

A prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz, he added, could produce damage to energy infrastructure that outlasts the conflict itself.

From Barron's ● May 1, 2026

If your debt outlasts the Department of Education, alas, you’re not out of the woods yet.

From Slate ● Mar. 26, 2025

But their vision for the future is a stable source of private demand, separate from timber and fiber, that outlasts presidential administrations and budget windows.

From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2024

“To return to Horatio’s question,” I said with a reasoned tone, “I believe that a virtuous mind outlasts the fleeting beauty of youth and thus is more desirable.”

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

In his 28 years at Apple — 15 of those as CEO — Cook has outlasted the tenure of Jobs, the company’s defining co-founder.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026

The forfeiture fight outlasted his flying career, and last year it produced the ruling the Supreme Court will now review.

From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026

She's worked in video games for 11 years, experienced three rounds of layoffs, and says her career has already outlasted many who enter the industry and "burn out".

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

The hunt for a true U.S. identity outlasted the tenures of half a dozen coaches—without ever yielding what former boss Jurgen Klinsmann once called “a more proactive style of play.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026

This house outlasted the others because it’s made of concrete.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

The buzz: Both teams are unbeaten and each survived scares in the quarterfinals, with England outlasting Norway in extra time in brutal weather in Miami and Argentina beating Switzerland in extra time in Kansas City.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

It went on to expand its wares to other appliances such as garbage disposals and clothes dryers, outlasting rivals that were bought out or went defunct.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

Turning off the machines and meeting the folks next door could be the key to outlasting or escaping this cyberpunk nightmare.

From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2026

But the episode confirmed that this South African-born outsider has become a force in Trump's Washington, outlasting his friend Elon Musk, whose White House career ended in acrimony after less than six months.

From Barron's ● Dec. 24, 2025

Can hour outlasting hour make less or more Of death?

From The Seven Plays in English Verse by Sophocles




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