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Regan says, in response, that because of “outdated governance rules,” unions representing one-third of the members were able to outvote the majority.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

This is often called caucusing – the process in which the 17 eurozone members join together to outvote the ten member states outside the single currency.

From The Guardian • Feb. 7, 2013

They have none but the privilege of the Crown to create, under the advice of ministers, a sufficient number of new Peers to outvote the opponents of the measure.

From A History of the Four Georges, Volume I by McCarthy, Justin