outnumber
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A new report from the nonprofit news organization the Trace shows ICE shootings are on pace to outnumber last year’s.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
Immigrant advocates hope to have a more vocal champion in Becerra, the favorite to become governor in a state where Democrats outnumber Republicans nearly 2 to 1.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
If predictions are correct, it won’t be too long before they outnumber humans on enterprise networks.
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
New highs continue to outnumber new lows on the New York Stock Exchange, so this indicator remains bullish.
From MarketWatch ● May 8, 2026
That would outnumber the lives saved by two of the most widely promoted inventions in recent memory: safer cribs and child car seats.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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
Against the lady's-maid in petticoats, who outnumbers him a hundred to one, I have nothing to say—quite the contrary.
From Thirty Years in Australia by Cambridge, Ada
“So-called dark crossings outnumbered observable passages for the previous three days,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
The restrictions have transformed the face of Herat, once known as Afghanistan's cultural capital where female university students outnumbered men before the Taliban government returned.
From Barron's ● Jul. 12, 2026
The Newport Beach Police Assn. took to social media to applaud the efforts of authorities, who, according to its statement, were outnumbered 500 to 1.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026
Police would be stricter, they would be outnumbered by South American fans - and they couldn't possibly wear kilts in the baking sun.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
“Moat Cailin will fall before you ever reach the Dreadfort. Once Lord Roose has joined his strength to Ramsay’s, they will have you outnumbered five to one.”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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
Domestic chain Meiyijia has quietly blanketed neighborhoods across China, vastly outnumbering foreign rivals.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 23, 2025
They are outnumbering Ukraine’s unmanned aerial vehicles in key sections of the front, while using improved tactics that are testing Ukraine’s ability to keep its front-line defenders supplied.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025
These groups of identical "clonal" cells then expand, eventually outnumbering their neighbors.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 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
