as in to survive
to last longer than
tortoises will outlive most people, as they live to be over 100 years old
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Many Indigenous nations that exercised them survive today, long outliving the Spanish Empire – and the people who carried the Requerimiento on their crusade across the Americas.
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Diego Javier Luis, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2024
The trees used in the topiary arts can outlive the people who plant them.
—Melvin Backman, Quartz, 21 Oct. 2024
Yew can live for a thousand years or more: topiaries, like children, often outlive their creators.
—Sophie Elmhirst, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
Here are two other species that are able to outlive even the nonagenarian Methuselah.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2024
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Diego Javier Luis, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2024
The trees used in the topiary arts can outlive the people who plant them.
—Melvin Backman, Quartz, 21 Oct. 2024
Yew can live for a thousand years or more: topiaries, like children, often outlive their creators.
—Sophie Elmhirst, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
Here are two other species that are able to outlive even the nonagenarian Methuselah.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2024
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“Outlive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outlive. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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