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outlast

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


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Dr Simon Kaye, author of the Re:State report told the BBC that No 10 North had to be big enough to outlast the Burnham administration.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

His approach to the law may outlast them both.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

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

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

Companies are vying to outlast the competition on range.

From Barron's Apr. 24, 2026

"You're just going to have to outlast the others, Peeta. They'll cure it back at the Capitol when we win," I say.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins

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

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

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

“The Germans are at the extreme limit of their efforts....Victory will come to the side that outlasts the other!”

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

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

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

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

They also outlasted former Prime Minister Sir Tony Blair, who described their presence in the Lords as an "anachronism" and got rid of more than 600 of them.

From BBC Mar. 13, 2026

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

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

Australian Alexander Volkanovski cemented his supremacy in the UFC featherweight division on Sunday after again outlasting rival Diego Lopes in a gruelling rematch in Sydney.

From Barron's Feb. 1, 2026

That Birkin went on to have a solid career in film, music and theater, outlasting the short shelf life of a typical It Girl, is a testament to her talent, ambition and enduring allure.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 9, 2025

“Late Night With Seth Meyers” recently celebrated its 10th year on air, outlasting “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2025

That’s a surefire strategy for surviving horror, or at least outlasting everyone else.

From Salon Mar. 31, 2025

Centers of the life of a people, created by it and enduring with it, they become its symbols; or outlasting it, memorials and witnesses to it.

From The Principles of Aesthetics by Dewitt H. Parker




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