outlast
verb
out·last
ˌau̇t-ˈlast 
outlasted; outlasting; outlasts
: to last longer than : to continue to exist, be active, etc., longer than (someone or something)
BookCourt … withstood the 1999 opening of a Barnes & Noble store just a few blocks away and even outlasted the owners' marriage.—
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Examples of outlast in a Sentence
I truly hope this car will outlast our previous one
your work will probably outlast you
Recent Examples on the Web
So why oh why does Kyle now get credit for an individual immunity win, but Teeny and Genevieve — who both outlasted Kyle — do not?
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
Other archaeological work has revealed that people came back to the general area to hunt for thousands of years, spanning several larger technological cultures that far outlasted Clovis technology.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 29 Oct. 2024
Largely unable to make commitments that outlast their presidency, lame ducks simply lack credibility when cutting deals and issuing threats.
—Andrew Payne, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2024
Odds are, Ishiba, unlike Truss, will outlast a head of lettuce.
—William Pesek, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
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Dalton Ross, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
Other archaeological work has revealed that people came back to the general area to hunt for thousands of years, spanning several larger technological cultures that far outlasted Clovis technology.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 29 Oct. 2024
Largely unable to make commitments that outlast their presidency, lame ducks simply lack credibility when cutting deals and issuing threats.
—Andrew Payne, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2024
Odds are, Ishiba, unlike Truss, will outlast a head of lettuce.
—William Pesek, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for outlast
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“Outlast.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outlast. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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