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as in to overstay
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as in to outlast
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Recent Examples of outstay
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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The vast majority don't have a criminal conviction, and their individual situations can vary dramatically, from asylum-seekers who crossed the border to people who flew in on a tourist visa and overstayed.Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2025
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Liska and Copper’s balletic staging begins as a delight and then deliberately overstays its welcome.Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
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Warren went first, while Poles lingered longer for a private moment with his quarterback.Adam Jahns, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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The dry down reveals creamy tonka bean and sandalwood base notes, grounding the composition with a soft, cashmere-like warmth that lingers beautifully.Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 10 Jan. 2025
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Carter outlived much of his Cabinet and inner circle, but remained especially close to Young — a friendship that brought together a white Georgian and Black Georgian who grew up in the era of Jim Crow segregation.Bill Barrow, The Denver Post, 9 Jan. 2025
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Helen Reichert, a cigarette smoker who lived for more than a century, outlived all the doctors who told her to quit.Emmett Lindner, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Outstay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outstay. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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