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  • verb Present participle of outlive.

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Examples

  • The longest serving Chief Justice in Supreme Court history, Marshall dominated the Court for over three decades a term outliving his own Federalist Party and played a significant role in the development of the American legal system.

    AS SEEN ON TV: JOHN MARSHALL Toby O'B 2010

  • ClearCourse is designed to protect 401k plan participants from retirement risks such as outliving assets, retiring during a down market, and the effects of inflation.

    BB&T adds a guaranteed lifetime income investment option to its suite of 401(k) offerings - Yahoo! Finance 2010

  • This is the position of the poet in A Shropshire Lad: he is outliving the good way he knew, and is still tragically alive to remember.

    The Poet Alfred Edward Housman « Unknowing 2010

  • Invest Aggressively Wealthy investors who face no risk of outliving their money probably don't need annuities at all, many advisers say.

    Making the Case to Buy an Annuity Lavonne Kuykendall 2011

  • Seniors who are outliving their savings, even as their mobility becomes restricted, often freeze in place, unable to contemplate the painful and overwhelming task of dispensing a house full of possessions accumulated over a lifetime.

    New Passages: Tackling the caregiver crisis 2011

  • Most investors—even those who already have entered retirement—need the capital appreciation that stocks can generate to reduce the risk of outliving their assets.

    Why Dividend Stocks Aren't the New Bonds Michael A. Pollock 2012

  • In an obituary that he prepared, Mr. Jahnke described his late wife as a "tenacious" cancer patient, outliving the three-year life expectancy for her type of ovarian cancer by nearly five years.

    Former H-P Chairman Patricia Dunn Has Died Joann S. Lublin 2011

  • He gives immediate annuities top marks for protecting investors against the risk of outliving their money, particularly if the investors live longer than expected.

    Making the Case to Buy an Annuity Lavonne Kuykendall 2011

  • Mr. Hammond typically uses so-called permanent-life insurance so that the individual or couple doesn't have to worry about outliving the policy's term.

    Earning Income by Making a Gift Kelly Greene 2011

  • But if they tank, the product offers ways in which you can protect yourself against outliving your money.

    It's Not Too Early to Apply for Financial Aid Cristina Lourosa-Ricardo 2012

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