outvote

Example Sentences

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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

Regan says, in response, that because of “outdated governance rules,” unions representing one-third of the members were able to outvote the majority.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 6, 2019

Madison argues that the nation would be able to deal with minoritarian factions—the majority can just outvote them.

From Slate • Oct. 14, 2018

While some of Jefferson’s supporters had once been antifederalists, they had accepted the Constitution’s framework, and determined not to overthrow their opponents but to outvote them.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

Therefore, learning being more prevalent and more easily acquired than riches, educated men became a wholesome check upon wealthy men, since they could outvote them.

From The Curious Republic of Gondour, and Other Whimsical Sketches by Twain, Mark