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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The report also found that men outnumber women at every stage of the leadership pipeline.
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Neena Newberry, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Data from Pennsylvania shows that while Republicans are increasing voting by mail, they are still outnumbered substantially by the number of Democrats.
—Erin Mansfield, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2024
Once federal troops left the South, influential white Mississippians, realizing that they were outnumbered by freedmen, got busy intimidating, killing, gerrymandering, and otherwise cheating their way back to absolute power.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
Women slightly outnumber men in Northwest Arkansas, but the gender gap ratio is more narrow than the national average and significantly more narrow than some metropolitan areas.
—Alex Golden, Axios, 17 Oct. 2024
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Neena Newberry, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Data from Pennsylvania shows that while Republicans are increasing voting by mail, they are still outnumbered substantially by the number of Democrats.
—Erin Mansfield, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2024
Once federal troops left the South, influential white Mississippians, realizing that they were outnumbered by freedmen, got busy intimidating, killing, gerrymandering, and otherwise cheating their way back to absolute power.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
Women slightly outnumber men in Northwest Arkansas, but the gender gap ratio is more narrow than the national average and significantly more narrow than some metropolitan areas.
—Alex Golden, Axios, 17 Oct. 2024
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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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