outnumber
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The people he deems “weirdos” far outnumber those in his narrow category, presumably of non-weirdos, many times over.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026
This indicator will remain negative until new highs outnumber new lows for two consecutive days on the NYSE.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
Utah Valley is located in a conservative area – where registered Republicans outnumber Democrats more than seven to one.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
And because charter-school applications far outnumber the available slots, most of the students with “more motivated” parents wind up in traditional public schools.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Instead, highly productive agriculture enabled a modest number of immigrant rice farmers to reproduce much faster than Jomon hunter-gatherers and eventually to outnumber them.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
The Titanic Syndrome indicator triggers when the Nasdaq Composite is at, or near, record territory, while the number of constituent stocks within it that are hitting fresh 52-week lows outnumbers those making new 52-week highs.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2025
With roughly 70 of them, the U.S.’s nuclear-submarine fleet outnumbers China by more than five to one, according to U.S. military and third-party estimates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
The New York Yankees inked Max Fried, but the Dodgers’ rotation still outnumbers them in big-name, frontline arms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2024
Meta says the number of photos sent in direct messages now outnumbers those shared for all to see.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2024
If I remember right, he greatly outnumbers either of us in years.
From The Bravo by James Fenimore Cooper
What else could she do, when her supporters are outnumbered by people who can’t make up their minds?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
On Friday, stocks hitting new lows outnumbered those reaching new highs 189 to 34 on the NYSE, according to FactSet data.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
Local women, fearful at the prospect of suddenly being far outnumbered by men they don’t know, are taking self-defense classes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Recalling what it was like to meet the group for the first time, Gordon said he was "completely outnumbered" by the nans from Cardiff.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
An organized resistance by the Moriori could still then have defeated the Maori, who were outnumbered two to one.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
One market dynamic that worries him right now is what he views as the outnumbering of traditional value hunters by technicals- or momentum-based investors.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026
Men account for 53 percent of players and women 46 percent, with women actually outnumbering men among Baby Boomers, the ESA said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 7, 2026
This comes despite deaths outnumbering births in the country since 2015.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026
Domestic chain Meiyijia has quietly blanketed neighborhoods across China, vastly outnumbering foreign rivals.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 23, 2025
The thing had been plastered on every blank space on every wall, even outnumbering the portraits of Big Brother.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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