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outlast

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


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“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

There are few fortunes that can outlast a dementia illness or other ailment that requires full-time care for 20-plus years.

From MarketWatch Jul. 8, 2026

And he was confident that football fever would outlast the tournament.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

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

From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin

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

At 37 years old, with probably just a couple more prime seasons left, this could be his last chance to build something that outlasts his playing career.

From Slate Nov. 15, 2025

Dune: Part Two, released last week, outlasts the original film's 155-minute runtime by ten minutes, providing five hours of desert adventure in total.

From BBC Mar. 6, 2024

Diplomats share stories of trips to places like Ukraine, Japan, Egypt, Cambodia and Indonesia in which he often outlasts younger colleagues.

From New York Times Jun. 4, 2023

“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

That was the problem he ran into at this year’s Australian Open, when he outlasted Sinner in the semi only to run out of gas against Alcaraz in the final.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 29, 2026

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

Both actors understood the task: to interrogate what drove each man to create music and why one’s compositions outlasted the other.

From Los Angeles Times May 15, 2026

Throughout the Cold War, the communist world saw its spies and spymasters come and go; Markus Wolf outlasted all of them.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

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

Los Angeles is the baseball king for a second consecutive season, outlasting the relentlessly spirited Toronto Blue Jays in a seven-game classic.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 18, 2025

He’s taken the ball far more than Koufax while outlasting him in virtually every impact pitching category.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 3, 2025

Sometimes one captured the nest, sometimes the other, but after several hours of this, one of them began to show signs of outlasting the other, and kept possession.

From Antarctic Penguins A Study of Their Social Habits by George Murray Levick




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