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as in to overstay
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as in to outlast
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Recent Examples of outstay
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.
—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
But at two hours, Islands outstays its welcome, allowing much of the tension to leak out of it in a protracted concluding stretch.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2025
There are infinite ways for SNL to be unbearable: a sketch outstays its welcome, the rookie featured player keeps flubbing his lines, the writers forgo jokes altogether and instead force us to listen to a bizarre piano ballad in an attempt to say something earnest about politics.
—Rebecca Jennings, Vox, 13 Feb. 2025
But the skyrocketing housing costs mean that to some countries, foreigners have outstayed their welcome.
—Jason Lalljee, Axios, 16 Jan. 2025
Defying gravity Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have long outstayed a planned eight days in low-Earth orbit after traveling to the International Space Station aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft in June.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 10 Aug. 2024
The other thing that has really outstayed its welcome is Reynolds’s teasing gay banter.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 23 July 2024
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
But at two hours, Islands outstays its welcome, allowing much of the tension to leak out of it in a protracted concluding stretch.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2025
There are infinite ways for SNL to be unbearable: a sketch outstays its welcome, the rookie featured player keeps flubbing his lines, the writers forgo jokes altogether and instead force us to listen to a bizarre piano ballad in an attempt to say something earnest about politics.
—Rebecca Jennings, Vox, 13 Feb. 2025
But the skyrocketing housing costs mean that to some countries, foreigners have outstayed their welcome.
—Jason Lalljee, Axios, 16 Jan. 2025
Defying gravity Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have long outstayed a planned eight days in low-Earth orbit after traveling to the International Space Station aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft in June.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 10 Aug. 2024
The other thing that has really outstayed its welcome is Reynolds’s teasing gay banter.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 23 July 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outstay
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An immigration violation can be overstaying a visa or working without permission, according to the American Civil Liberties Union.—
David Ferrara,
The Enquirer,
9 July 2025
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Chávez was arrested for overstaying his visa and lying on a green card application.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
4 July 2025
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Do lingering questions about this biotechnology disqualify it?—
Suwanna Gauntlett Upjohn,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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The kidnapping of a teen girl months earlier lingers in the background.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
21 July 2025
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Women outlive men in dire circumstances — even though girls in many parts of the world have access to fewer resources, such as food and medical care.—
Daniel Wine,
CNN Money,
7 July 2025
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Few other franchises can boast that, and Jurassic Park has outlived the box office runs of most recent Marvel and Star Wars films at this point.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2025
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“Outstay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outstay. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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