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outlast

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


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Meloni’s government is on track to outlast all previous ones since the fall of the fascist regime in 1945.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 27, 2026

But the chain is betting that it can outlast rivals that are discounting their way toward store closures.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

Put simply, Pogacar has the racecraft and strength to accelerate away from, and outlast, any opponent in almost any race.

From BBC Apr. 28, 2026

However, he argued that Domino’s had the profits and the advertising budget to outlast competitors that are leaning harder on discounting and, in turn, putting more pressure on their chains’ franchisees.

From MarketWatch Apr. 27, 2026

Her daughter, too, would outlast the hard flames.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

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

If your debt outlasts the Department of Education, alas, you’re not out of the woods yet.

From Slate Mar. 26, 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

She's worked in video games for 11 years, experienced three rounds of layoffs, and says her career has already outlasted many who enter the industry and "burn out".

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

It wasn’t until 1989, in fact, that the Indianapolis Clowns officially disbanded, having outlasted the Negro Leagues themselves by several decades.

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

I wouldn’t be surprised if May’s wailing wall outlasted us all.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd

The buzz: Both teams are unbeaten and each survived scares in the quarterfinals, with England outlasting Norway in extra time in brutal weather in Miami and Argentina beating Switzerland in extra time in Kansas City.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

For four years, Russian leader Vladimir Putin has bet on outlasting Ukraine in a war of attrition.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

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

From Salon Mar. 31, 2025

Yet I find myself outlasting those who started in life along with me.

From Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 by Leonard Huxley




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