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- verb   Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outlast .
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								Safin outlasts Kiefer; Venus, Capriati ease into second round USATODAY.com - Safin outlasts Kiefer; Venus, Capriati ease into second round 2002 
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								USATODAY. com - Safin outlasts Kiefer; Venus, Capriati ease into second round USATODAY.com - Safin outlasts Kiefer; Venus, Capriati ease into second round 2002 
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								It was the remark of Heine, the German poet and satirist, that "men preserve the memory of their destroyers better than that of their benefactors; the warrior's name outlasts the philanthropist's." Discourse Delivered on the Day of the Funeral of President Lincoln. 1865 
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								Rather it focuses on the way American involvement in war causes damage and anguish to U.S. citizens that far outlasts the casualties and harm of actual combat. Mary Pauline Lowry: Smokejumper, Bestselling Memoirist Murry Taylor's New Novel The Rhythm of Leaves: A Review Mary Pauline Lowry 2012 
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								Rather it focuses on the way American involvement in war causes damage and anguish to U.S. citizens that far outlasts the casualties and harm of actual combat. Mary Pauline Lowry: Smokejumper, Bestselling Memoirist Murry Taylor's New Novel The Rhythm of Leaves: A Review Mary Pauline Lowry 2012 
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								"The difference between a cult and a religion is that one outlasts the founder," said Harvard Business School professor Rakesh Khurana , who has written extensively about CEO succession. Disney, Walton, Ford, Gates: Tales of When Legends Leave Joe Light 2011 
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								Nadal outlasts Federer to win his first title at Australian Open tennis | Comment | Recommend Tennis News: Stories, Tournaments, Rankings, Money Leaders, Davis Cup 2009 
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								Q.E.D. Puns are the feeblest species of humor because they are ephemeral: whatever comic force they possess never outlasts the split second it takes to resolve the semantic confusion. Punditry 2009 
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								• Spend your life working on something that outlasts it. Shane Claiborne: Dorothy Day: A National Hero Shane Claiborne 2012 
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								• Spend your life working on something that outlasts it. Shane Claiborne: Dorothy Day: A National Hero Shane Claiborne 2012 
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