outnumber
verb
out·num·ber
ˌau̇t-ˈnəm-bər 
outnumbered; outnumbering; outnumbers
: to exceed in number
Examples of outnumber in a Sentence
With 20 girls and 10 boys in the class, girls outnumber boys by 2 to 1.
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Mike Vietri, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
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Mike Vietri, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
Yet bullish traders still outnumber bearish traders 51% to 34%.
—John Towfighi, CNN, 25 Feb. 2025
Leads of color have increased in new shows since 2018 and have outnumbered white leads since 2020.
63.4% of leads were characters of color in 2023, an increase of 7.3% from 2022.
—Maxwell Millington, Axios, 20 Feb. 2025
On the Nasdaq, 1,789 stocks rose and 2,528 fell as declining issues outnumbered advancers by a 1.41-to-1 ratio.
—Stephen Culp, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2025
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“Outnumber.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outnumber. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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outnumber
verb
out·num·ber
(ˈ)au̇t-ˈnəm-bər
: to be more than in number
girls outnumber boys in the class
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