outlive

Example Sentences

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But Iran’s state apparatus was built to outlive individual leaders, thanks to layered and overlapping centers of political and military power.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

"Dad always believed stories outlive people. In a way, this is him still helping families he will never meet, which I think is the most beautiful legacy you can leave."

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

Women tend to outlive men by 5-6 years, so your third wife would inherit your 50% and pass it to her children.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 12, 2026

She eventually manages to outlive him, fueled by a burning vengeance to take what’s owed to her, even if it means sacrificing everything.

From Salon • Dec. 20, 2025

These rock gardens had outlived the barracks and the towers and would surely outlive the asphalt road and rusted pipes and shattered slabs of concrete.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston