outlive

Example Sentences

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Khan wrote that Bhosle was "a talent that will outlive many" and that her "voice has been one of the pillars of Indian cinema and will continue to resonate world over for centuries to come".

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

You are two years older than your wife, and women tend to outlive men by around five to six years.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 17, 2026

But Iran’s state apparatus was built to outlive individual leaders, thanks to layered and overlapping centers of political and military power.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

"That afternoon... will never leave me. You don't expect to outlive your children," Yorath told the Observer in 2005.

From Barron's • Jan. 8, 2026

But Rachel started crying when she heard her best friend, Sofia Garcia, would outlive her by 172 days.

From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty