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outlive

[aut-liv] / ˌaʊtˈlɪv /


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Heck, Bernard Herrmann’s eerie theme song alone will outlive humanity.

From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2026

That’s called the “survivor’s penalty” — or, sometimes, the “widow’s tax,” primarily because women outlive men by roughly six years, on average.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

“They are going to outlive everyone,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

So could brain organoids grown and maintained in a lab hypothetically outlive humans?

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

“One time when your granddaddy was a baby, I helt him in my lap. Who’d a-thought I’d outlive him!” she said, trying hard to keep aholt of herself.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

The once-promising prodigy will grow dissolute, remorseful and resentful of his wife, who outlives him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

If idealism outlives youth, ESG investing will grow significantly.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 16, 2026

On the other hand, say she outlives you.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 9, 2026

In Adamsville, as in America, the myth of a man always outlives the man—and, today especially, seems also to outlast the truth.

From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2025

“A ghost is a hunger, one so strong it outlives the body.”

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

The fact that it outlived “The Swan” by several years only enhanced its role in mainstreaming elective cosmetic surgery.

From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026

The food bank was a success and still operates today, having unfortunately outlived two of the congregations that founded it.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026

Natasha Gelman died in Mexico in 1998, having outlived her husband by 12 years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

Many of the machines themselves have outlived generations of owners.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026

It was this immortality, and the strength with which Henrietta’s cells grew, that made it possible for HeLa to take over so many other cultures —they simply outlived and outgrew any other cells they encountered.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

But it inched up again in its September reading due to heightened fears about market volatility, outliving savings, housing and cognitive decline.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

She includes a brief appreciation of her wig stylist and reports outliving a few plastic surgeons.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026

Working part-time in retirement, if you’re healthy enough and can find an employer who will pay you, can also help you avoid outliving your money.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 12, 2025

However, she was quick to joke that her ambitions as far as doomsday prepping are concerned don’t include outliving the rest of humanity.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 20, 2025

Baby Kochamma loved the Ayemenem house and cherished the furniture that she had inherited by outliving everybody else.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy


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