How to Use outpoll in a Sentence

outpoll

verb
  • Boakai was outpolled in the first round in October and appears to be the underdog.
    Brooks Marmon, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2017
  • Four years earlier Barack Obama had outpolled Mitt Romney by 18 points among this group.
    Richard Berman, WSJ, 8 Aug. 2017
  • Roy outpolled Matt McCall of Boerne, a three-time congressional challenger.
    Bill Lambrecht, San Antonio Express-News, 22 May 2018
  • He was outpolled by Tsvangirai in the 2008 presidential election but refused to cede power.
    Glenn Frankel, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2019
  • The only politician who outpolls him is Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a left-wing former president.
    The Economist, 9 June 2018
  • Among white voters, Newsom outpolls Villaraigosa, 27 percent to 12 percent.
    John Wildermuth, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Feb. 2018
  • In polls earlier this year of possible presidential contenders, Mr. Widodo outpolled Mr. Subianto by more than 25 points.
    Anita Rachman, WSJ, 11 Apr. 2018
  • According to exit polls, Obama outpolled Clinton among black voters 91-9.
    Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2018
  • But he and two other Democrats were collectively being outpolled by three Republicans.
    John Wildermuth, SFChronicle.com, 4 Mar. 2020
  • Entrepreneur Andrew Yang has been outpolling a number of more seasoned candidates.
    Caitlin Conant, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2019
  • The screen experience also easily outpolled the in-home simulation in all categories.
    BostonGlobe.com, 22 Oct. 2019
  • Congressional Republicans are cruisin’ for a bruisin’. In competitive districts across the country, Democrats are out-recruiting, out-fundraising, and outpolling their opponents.
    Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer, 29 Jan. 2018
  • The traditional party of the moderate right, the Civic Democratic party, did gain seats over its 2013 result, but still barely outpolled the Czech Republic’s party of the authoritarian, anti-immigrant far right.
    David Frum, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2017
  • Collectively, however, Republicans were outpolling Democrats in both Porter’s and Rouda’s districts.
    John Wildermuth, SFChronicle.com, 4 Mar. 2020
  • Orban is reasonably popular, outpolling the opposition.
    John Ahlquist, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2018

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