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outnumber

verb as in exceed in quantity

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As Livy tells it, Scipio, who was significantly outnumbered, challenged Hannibal to “hand over control over yourselves and your country, or fight and win.”

The Russian army on Sunday claimed to have captured two more villages in southern Ukraine, where its troops are slowly gaining ground against outnumbered Ukrainian forces.

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In nearly half of U.S. counties, seniors outnumber children.

New highs also outnumbered new lows at that same time.

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When Russians finally began to outnumber Ukrainians in Pokrovsk in recent weeks, the city lay in ruins and bodies lined the streets.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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