outnumber
Example Sentences
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By 2030, people over 65 will outnumber those under 18 for the first time in U.S. history.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
The roughly 16,000-square-foot establishment is a beloved gathering spot for bikers, especially on weekends, when motorcycles in the parking lot usually outnumber cars.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
The idea is fairly simple: unleash sterile males so that they far outnumber wild ones — say, 10 to 1 or even 100 to 1.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026
New lows continue to outnumber new highs on the NYSE, but that alone is not a sell signal.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 12, 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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
