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as in to overstay
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as in to outlast
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Recent Examples of outstay
Better to outstay your welcome than give it all up too soon.
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Phil Hay,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
Lexx reinvented itself each season, and Season 3 — set on the planets of Fire and Water — didn't outstay its welcome at 13 episodes.
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Chris McMullen,
Space.com,
2 Aug. 2025
And at less than two hours with an intermission, the show doesn’t outstay its welcome.
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Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
20 June 2025
The overbearing Dawn, who has outstayed her welcome in what was supposed to be a temporary lockdown solution, is not Joe’s only headache at home.
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David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2025
Social media trends come and go, but one craze that appears to have outstayed its welcome is the desire to mock millennials (people born between 1981 and 1996).
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Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
20 Mar. 2025
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
Lexx reinvented itself each season, and Season 3 — set on the planets of Fire and Water — didn't outstay its welcome at 13 episodes.
—
Chris McMullen,
Space.com,
2 Aug. 2025
And at less than two hours with an intermission, the show doesn’t outstay its welcome.
—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
20 June 2025
The overbearing Dawn, who has outstayed her welcome in what was supposed to be a temporary lockdown solution, is not Joe’s only headache at home.
—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2025
Social media trends come and go, but one craze that appears to have outstayed its welcome is the desire to mock millennials (people born between 1981 and 1996).
—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
20 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outstay
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That could get complicated as people overstay visas, apply for new forms of legal status and move into and out the state.
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Oh, and that’s not counting a potential $70,000 in citation revenue from drivers who overstay their time.
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Current events—elections, conflicts, economic pressures—dominate headlines, but history teaches that bonds built on mutual respect for heritage outlast them.
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The Seattle Dog outlasted seven other competitors in a bracket-style taste test ahead of a national holiday closely associated with American classic.
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FireSat will help incident commanders get better information more quickly, and, unlike fire-spotting aircraft, the satellites can linger over a fire for days or weeks and aren’t hampered by high winds or smoke.
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The severe weather threat will linger for parts of the mid-Atlantic on Sunday, stretching from northern Virginia into southern New Jersey, with cities like Richmond, DC, Baltimore and Philly in the threat zone once again.
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What To Do About It The answer, in principle, is the same as for any asset meant to outlive its owner.
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Americans are outliving their retirement With concerns about Security growing there's a new report showing that people are likely to outlive their savings in 41 states.
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“Outstay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outstay. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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