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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Several of his employees manned the shop, who outnumbered the customers trickling in.
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Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026
Yet they were outnumbered more than 2-to-1 by empty seats in what is not even the largest arena on this sprawling campus that sits about a 90-minute drive from downtown Atlanta.
—ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026
Yet they were outnumbered more than 2 to 1 by empty seats in what is not even the largest arena on this sprawling campus that sits about a 90-minute drive from downtown Atlanta.
—Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2026
Broadly, girls outnumbered boys in the child welfare system.
—Emilia Otte, Hartford Courant, 14 Apr. 2026
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Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026
Yet they were outnumbered more than 2-to-1 by empty seats in what is not even the largest arena on this sprawling campus that sits about a 90-minute drive from downtown Atlanta.
—ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026
Yet they were outnumbered more than 2 to 1 by empty seats in what is not even the largest arena on this sprawling campus that sits about a 90-minute drive from downtown Atlanta.
—Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2026
Broadly, girls outnumbered boys in the child welfare system.
—Emilia Otte, Hartford Courant, 14 Apr. 2026
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“Outnumber.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outnumber. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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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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