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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Arkansas Online, 13 Dec. 2025
The 21 Republicans who voted against the bill outnumbered the 19 Republicans who voted for it.
—Joey Garrison, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2025
By the late 2070s, older adults could outnumber children under 18 for the first time in human history.
—Chao Guo, The Conversation, 11 Dec. 2025
Even a cursory glance at our own homepage shows humanity already stumbling down this path, with corporate launches from SpaceX & Blue Origin now vastly outnumbering those of agencies like NASA.
—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 10 Dec. 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 20 Dec. 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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