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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Its troops are vastly outnumbered along some parts of the 1,000-kilometer front line and are struggling to mobilize additional forces to compensate for losses, according to several commentators.
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Tim Lister, CNN Money, 1 Jan. 2026
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Tim Lister, CNN Money, 1 Jan. 2026
Democrats outnumber Republicans by about 3,300 voters, or 37% to 30%.
—CBS News, 31 Dec. 2025
The Dating Game, directed by Violet Du Feng, shows us the struggle of young men to find spouses in a country where males outnumber females by a large margin (a result of China’s one-child policy, which saw many female offspring aborted or abandoned in favor of male children).
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 29 Dec. 2025
Belize’s population of roughly 423,000 was slightly outnumbered by about 562,000 visitors in 2024.
—Gemma Price, Travel + Leisure, 21 Dec. 2025
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“Outnumber.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outnumber. Accessed 5 Jan. 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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