outstaying

verb

present participle of outstay
1
as in overstaying

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2
as in outliving

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outstaying
  1. lingering
  2. outliving
  3. waiting
  4. outlasting
Verb
  • Abruptly moving on, like a magician preventing his audience from lingering on his last trick, Alex pulled out a tablet, holding it up to me.
    — Andrew Lipstein, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Also on the ground floor is Maven, serving strong espresso and nitro cold brew—plus coffee cocktails worth lingering for.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of lingering
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  • Annuities As older Americans worry about outliving their savings, the popularity of annuities has soared in recent years.
    — Brian Sloan, CNBC, 21 July 2026
  • Someone with several million in assets, for instance, may not have to worry about outliving their savings.
    — David Chavern, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Definition of outliving
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  • To support Constant’s production, Shopkorn approaches their relationship in a more old-school model, sending her money as a stipend instead of waiting for a sale to go through and split it 50-50 as is now the norm.
    — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Organizations that understand this aren’t waiting for adoption to bubble up from the bottom.
    — Ryoji Sekido, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of waiting
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  • The Atlanta Dream moved within one victory of a WNBA Finals berth after outlasting the New York Liberty 101-98 in overtime Wednesday night to take a commanding 2-0 lead in the semifinal series.
    — Chantz Martin OutKick, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Alcaraz sensed the dip and sent him running east and west along the baseline, breaking him for the first time since late in the first set by outlasting him on one of those corner-to-corner scraps.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of outlasting
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“Outstaying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outstaying. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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