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as in to overstay
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as in to outlast
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There are infinite ways for SNL to be unbearable: a sketch outstays its welcome, the rookie featured player keeps flubbing his lines, the writers forgo jokes altogether and instead force us to listen to a bizarre piano ballad in an attempt to say something earnest about politics.
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Rebecca Jennings, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Defying gravity Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have long outstayed a planned eight days in low-Earth orbit after traveling to the International Space Station aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft in June.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 10 Aug. 2024
The other thing that has really outstayed its welcome is Reynolds’s teasing gay banter.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 23 July 2024
Following a 2019 detention by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for allegedly outstaying his visa, the rapper is now able to travel internationally as a newly permanent citizen of the United States.
—Evan Minsker, Pitchfork, 9 Oct. 2023
Available in theaters and on myriad streaming platforms, the international assembly may be a hit-and-miss affair, but never outstays its welcome.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 3 Mar. 2023
So what to do with this holiday guest that has outstayed its welcome?
—Nicole Clausing, Sunset Magazine, 19 Jan. 2023
But unless the show can pull off an extreme pivot, it’s already outstayed its welcome.
—Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 25 Feb. 2023
At least for me, both the slow movement and the finale outstayed their welcome.
—Dallas News, 24 Feb. 2023
Rebecca Jennings, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Defying gravity Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have long outstayed a planned eight days in low-Earth orbit after traveling to the International Space Station aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft in June.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 10 Aug. 2024
The other thing that has really outstayed its welcome is Reynolds’s teasing gay banter.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 23 July 2024
Following a 2019 detention by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for allegedly outstaying his visa, the rapper is now able to travel internationally as a newly permanent citizen of the United States.
—Evan Minsker, Pitchfork, 9 Oct. 2023
Available in theaters and on myriad streaming platforms, the international assembly may be a hit-and-miss affair, but never outstays its welcome.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 3 Mar. 2023
So what to do with this holiday guest that has outstayed its welcome?
—Nicole Clausing, Sunset Magazine, 19 Jan. 2023
But unless the show can pull off an extreme pivot, it’s already outstayed its welcome.
—Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 25 Feb. 2023
At least for me, both the slow movement and the finale outstayed their welcome.
—Dallas News, 24 Feb. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outstay
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Their individual situations vary widely, from asylum-seekers — who may be granted legal status — to would-be workers searching for jobs, to people who entered on a tourist visa and overstayed.Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 4 Nov. 2024
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The episode also manages to capitalize on the potential of seeing that journey play out, landing in Greenland for an intriguing side story that doesn’t overstay its welcome.Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2024
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Perhaps the Army should have left the crater intact, so that more explicit evidence of the Trinity test, and its terrible power, would linger in the ground, just in case.Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2024
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The camera lingers on the girl’s face before showing her photograph taped to a wall next to pictures of other kids in a dark, dingy-looking room where a laptop — apparently belonging to a child predator — has the same chat open.Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
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Most people pour so much time, love, and work into their families, nurturing treasured bonds that are sure to outlive them.Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
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Though Francis has outlived most of her friends, the service will be filled with all who loved her.Dawn Sawyer, CNN, 26 Oct. 2024
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“Outstay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outstay. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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