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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Jacob Robinson, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Since 2011, there has been a significant increase in commercial space launch activity, with launches from outside companies, such as SpaceX, ULA and Blue Origin, outnumbering those from NASA by a factor of eight to one.
—Mariette Williams, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
And, as the Pew study shows, the latter clearly outnumber the former, at least in recent years.
—Big Think, 9 Oct. 2025
Men far outnumbered women, and a bright ribbon of divorce wove through the older males, girding some and racing toward others.
—Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
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“Outnumber.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outnumber. Accessed 17 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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