Example Sentences

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Critics say it has outlived its usefulness, as today’s media landscape offers a cornucopia of platforms unknown in 1920s America.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

Mrs Caterham has outlived her two daughters Gem and Anne.

From BBC • Aug. 23, 2024

Sure, “it was amusing for a while to watch celebrities squirm in trying to say the right thing when asked about being a nepo baby,” Joe Berkowitz writes—but the idea has outlived its usefulness.

From Slate • Jan. 31, 2024

Darwin is unsure why Peanut has outlived her species, which typically live for three to seven years.

From DOGO News • Sep. 19, 2023

There are some aged plants in old New England gardens; I know one which has outlived the man who planted it, his son, grandson, and great-grandson.

From Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth by Earle, Alice Morse