Example Sentences

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One of the big risks in retirement is outliving your savings.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 18, 2023

His primary concern at this point is outliving his savings, particularly if his “retirement” starts now, five or 10 years before he always expected to hang it up at work.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 10, 2021

One of the biggest fears most retirees have is outliving their money.

From Forbes • Aug. 11, 2014

Elvis outlived his career while he was alive; now that he's dead, his career is outliving him.

From Time Magazine Archive