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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Throughout the ballpark, Padres jerseys far outnumbered those worn in support of the opposing Arizona Diamondbacks.
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Dennis Lin, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
Padres fans outnumbered Diamondbacks fans maybe 20-to-1, turning the faraway park into a home game.
—Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
Every major Florida and Texas metro Redfin tracks is now a buyer’s market, with Houston sellers outnumbering buyers by 97% and Dallas by 87%.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
Long positions on New York cotton outnumbered short ones by 16,825 contracts in the week ended April 14, according to data published Friday by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
—Anuradha Raghu, Bloomberg, 20 Apr. 2026
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Dennis Lin, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
Padres fans outnumbered Diamondbacks fans maybe 20-to-1, turning the faraway park into a home game.
—Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
Every major Florida and Texas metro Redfin tracks is now a buyer’s market, with Houston sellers outnumbering buyers by 97% and Dallas by 87%.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
Long positions on New York cotton outnumbered short ones by 16,825 contracts in the week ended April 14, according to data published Friday by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
—Anuradha Raghu, Bloomberg, 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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