outspend
verb
out·spend
ˌau̇t-ˈspend 
outspent; outspending; outspends
1
: to exceed the limits of in spending
outspends his income
2
: to spend more than
outspent the other candidates
Examples of outspend in a Sentence
He has outspent the other candidates in the election by millions of dollars.
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That has allowed Nez to outspend Crane on television ads, said Covey, while Crane began buying TV much more recently.
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Laura Gersony, The Arizona Republic, 31 Oct. 2024
And here Musk plans to outspend the competition with $10 billion earmarked for this year alone on better AI training and inference.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
High-spending tourists outspend their mass-market counterparts by 14 times per trip.
—Samantha Conti, WWD, 3 Oct. 2024
Since Europe already outspends the U.S. in public funding—0.74% of GDP versus 0.65%—the real issue lies in its underdeveloped private venture capital market, which lags behind U.S. funding levels by a wide margin.
—Jon Helgi Egilsson, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
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Laura Gersony, The Arizona Republic, 31 Oct. 2024
And here Musk plans to outspend the competition with $10 billion earmarked for this year alone on better AI training and inference.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
High-spending tourists outspend their mass-market counterparts by 14 times per trip.
—Samantha Conti, WWD, 3 Oct. 2024
Since Europe already outspends the U.S. in public funding—0.74% of GDP versus 0.65%—the real issue lies in its underdeveloped private venture capital market, which lags behind U.S. funding levels by a wide margin.
—Jon Helgi Egilsson, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
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“Outspend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outspend. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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