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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Paul Zolfaghari, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
And while it isn’t lost on her that she and her husband, musician Taylor Goldsmith, are outnumbered with three kids under 4, Mandy is confident the couple have finally found their flow.
—Grace Bastidas, Parents, 11 May 2025
The shift among voters was driven largely by partisan allegiance, and in California Democratic voters outnumber Republicans by a nearly two-to-one margin.
—Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025
For the first time here, millennials and Gen Z voters will outnumber baby boomers in a federal election.
—Yan Zhuang, New York Times, 2 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for outnumber
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“Outnumber.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outnumber. Accessed 30 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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