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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Research indicates machine identities already outnumber human identities by up to 45-to-1 in enterprise environments, with 76% of security leaders anticipating an increase of up to 150% in machine identities over the next year.
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Janakiram Msv, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
On a range of issues, from inflation and immigration to taxation and rule of law, the Reuters/Ipsos poll showed that Americans who disapproved of Trump's performance outnumbered those who approved on every issue in the poll.
—Jason Lange, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
In California, Democrats gained three House seats and now outnumber Republicans 43 to 9.
Democrats suffered a trifecta loss of Washington power, but not a shellacking — nothing that a more appealing presidential candidate couldn’t have remedied.
—George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2025
The living roaches outnumbered the dead roaches three to two.
Cases of oils and a bag of onions sat directly on the kitchen floor.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2025
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Janakiram Msv, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
On a range of issues, from inflation and immigration to taxation and rule of law, the Reuters/Ipsos poll showed that Americans who disapproved of Trump's performance outnumbered those who approved on every issue in the poll.
—Jason Lange, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
In California, Democrats gained three House seats and now outnumber Republicans 43 to 9.
Democrats suffered a trifecta loss of Washington power, but not a shellacking — nothing that a more appealing presidential candidate couldn’t have remedied.
—George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2025
The living roaches outnumbered the dead roaches three to two.
Cases of oils and a bag of onions sat directly on the kitchen floor.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2025
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“Outnumber.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outnumber. Accessed 15 May. 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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