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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Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
According to the Freedom House survey, 2005 was the last year when global movement toward democracy outnumbered declines.
—Richard Stengel, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
In the mammalian cortex, excitatory neurons vastly outnumber inhibitory ones.
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 29 Sep. 2025
Bowie, Molly Coleman and Saura Jost favored denial but were outnumbered.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 25 Sep. 2025
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“Outnumber.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outnumber. Accessed 6 Oct. 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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