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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
outserve .
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Examples
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The fact is they are the remnants of an occupation force that has long outserved its purpose.
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“I think Gonzales has long, long, long outserved whatever usefulness he might once have had,” wrote Goldberg.
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So, while I very much doubt that Schumer-esque conspiracies have that much weight, I think Gonzales has long, long, long outserved whatever usefulness he might once have had.
07/29/2007 2007
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But this kind of vote leads me to believe that Sen. Nelson may have outserved his usefulness in the Senate.
Bill Nelson votes for torture Sinfonian 2007
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But this kind of vote leads me to believe that Sen. Nelson may have outserved his usefulness in the Senate.
Archive 2007-05-27 Sinfonian 2007
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‘It’s simple, really – what Pasolini was showing was fascism in its purest pre-technological form: the belief that you have the right, the privilege, to exert complete control over another being to the point of completely denying them their dignity and essential human rights; to strip them of all individuality and treat them like functional objects, to be discarded when they have outserved their capability.
Temptation Douglas Kennedy 2006
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‘It’s simple, really – what Pasolini was showing was fascism in its purest pre-technological form: the belief that you have the right, the privilege, to exert complete control over another being to the point of completely denying them their dignity and essential human rights; to strip them of all individuality and treat them like functional objects, to be discarded when they have outserved their capability.
Temptation Douglas Kennedy 2006
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Moya outserved Philippoussis 15 aces to six and hit nearly three times as many winners (45-17).
USATODAY.com - News and notes from Day 3 at the French Open 2003
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She had 29 unforced errors to Henin's 41, outserved the seven-time grand slam winner and even won more points, 96-93.
NYT > Home Page 2010
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She had 29 unforced errors to Henin's 41, outserved the seven-time grand slam winner and even won more points, 96-93.
NYT > Home Page 2010
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