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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Jeffrey Schweers, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2024
The Spanish flags waving and hanging around Roland Garros outnumbered the Serbian ones.
—Sean Gregory / Paris, TIME, 4 Aug. 2024
Declining issues outnumbered advancers by a 4.23-to-1ratio on the NYSE, and by a 5.74-to-1 ratio on the Nasdaq.
—Ankika Biswas, USA TODAY, 3 Aug. 2024
Scientists are woefully outnumbered, Weibert conceded.
—Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 1 Aug. 2024
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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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