outnumber

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Motorbikes are ubiquitous in Hanoi, with nearly seven million used by commuters, families or weighed down by piles of goods, and they outnumber cars roughly seven to one.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

New highs continue to outnumber new lows on the New York Stock Exchange, so this indicator remains bullish.

From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026

AI firms are rushing to grab Manhattan’s most coveted office space, but desks outnumber employees.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Deaths are projected to outnumber births by nearly half a million people in that 10-year period.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

Lie-detection tests are notoriously inaccurate, and calculations similar to the above demonstrate why truthful people who flunk polygraph tests usually outnumber liars.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos