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outlast

[ out-last, -lahst ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

to endure or last late longer than:
The pyramids outlasted the civilization that built them.
to live longer than; outlive.

outlast

/ ˈaʊtˌlɑːst /

Origin of outlast¹

First recorded in 1565–75; out- + last ²

Certainly he will have the resources to outlast, discredit, and disqualify his rivals.

But Gates would outlast Bush, and Clapper would outlast them both.

Will the two-state solution survive to 2013 and outlast this blog?

What the Soviets failed to understand is that homegrown insurgency and religious fervor will outlast any conquering force.

Perhaps he tried to outlast the election in order to shelter Obama from the fallout of his own personal foibles.

Nor did such office of leader outlast a foray or a campaign.

We go through many ordeals which you are spared, but we outlast you in mind and body.

If love cannot outlast a few years of life, it is idle to lament that it is so surely quenched by death.

She would soon come again, he knew that—and his slender savings could not outlast many visits.

Roofs of cedar or white pine shingles outlast the pliant roofings, and really cost less in the end.

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