as in to survive
to last longer than
tortoises will outlive most people, as they live to be over 100 years old
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Recent Examples of outlive
Joy has outlived her husband and her three children, including Brad’s dad.
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Hannah Freedman, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024
Because most people outlive, convert, or stop being able to afford term policies, about 99% of these policies never pay out.
—Cicely Jones, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
The whole scene left a lot of folks, both in and out of Buckeye circles, thinking Day, in his sixth season, had outlived his usefulness on a campus that hadn’t tasted a title in a decade.
—Eddie Pells, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2025
The fish, a type of carp that can live for decades, outlived all the dogs except the last — Tegan.
—Rukmini Callimachi, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2025
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Hannah Freedman, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024
Because most people outlive, convert, or stop being able to afford term policies, about 99% of these policies never pay out.
—Cicely Jones, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
The whole scene left a lot of folks, both in and out of Buckeye circles, thinking Day, in his sixth season, had outlived his usefulness on a campus that hadn’t tasted a title in a decade.
—Eddie Pells, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2025
The fish, a type of carp that can live for decades, outlived all the dogs except the last — Tegan.
—Rukmini Callimachi, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2025
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“Outlive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outlive. Accessed 5 Feb. 2025.
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