outvote
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They wouldn’t have been able to outvote the majority.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2022
Eventually, Lennon organizes a meeting with Klein and he, Starr and Harrison outvote McCartney, who does not want Klein to manage the group.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 3, 2021
McCormack also agreed to hand over to each new director a quarter of his shares in Dulwich, empowering the trio to outvote him and, in general, steer the club around his worst instincts.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 26, 2018
Madison argues that the nation would be able to deal with minoritarian factions—the majority can just outvote them.
From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2018
"If you fellows say so, and outvote me, I suppose you are."
From The Motor Boys on the Pacific Or, the Young Derelict Hunters by Young, Clarence
In other words, the majority outvotes the minority.
From Time Magazine Archive
Frankly, I had wanted to name him Willie, but I was outvoted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
They were outvoted, but departing Chair Jerome Powell acknowledged at the news conference that their position could command a majority as soon as June.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
Some even expect situations whereby the central-bank chair is pushing for lower rates, yet getting outvoted by other officials.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 29, 2025
"I voted against awarding a DD degree to Rev Poots but was outvoted," Prof Kirkpatrick said.
From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2025
Ultimately, Anthony was outvoted and the women’s rights convention was canceled.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
That was brought into focus this week when the RBA decided to raise interest rates by 25 basis points to 4.10%, with five of its board members outvoting four other officials.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
But “when you look at the raw votes, we’re still outvoting them 3-to-1.”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 10, 2022
The foundation had the right to receive preferred shares that allow it to block any deal, outvoting other shareholders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2015
Mystifying to Westerners, this phrase means to Japanese that the duly elected majority party in the Diet has passed a measure by outvoting the opposition.
From Time Magazine Archive
Classes A and B are elected by the member banks by a system of group and preferential voting designed to prevent the large banks from outvoting the smaller ones.
From Modern Economic Problems Economics Volume II by Fetter, Frank Albert
