outlive
Example Sentences
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She eventually manages to outlive him, fueled by a burning vengeance to take what’s owed to her, even if it means sacrificing everything.
From Salon
“We do risk — absent self-funded resources — that many Gen X-ers are at risk of outliving their savings and seeing even more elder poverty.”
From MarketWatch
In my father’s last years, I frequently lost sleep over the possibility that he might outlive his money.
From MarketWatch
Women outlive men by an average of 5.8 years and rising in the U.S., and heart disease, diabetes, and emotional distress are leading reasons.
From Barron's
He outlived every childhood friend but one and all of his 12 siblings and half-siblings.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.