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outvote

[aut-voht] / ˌaʊtˈvoʊt /


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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

In turn, voting was done by estate, not by proportional representation, with the first and second estates generally joining together to outvote the third.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020

Regan says, in response, that because of “outdated governance rules,” unions representing one-third of the members were able to outvote the majority.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

I don't want to interfere in your plans, and as you would be two to one of course you could outvote me if I did.

From Dorothy's Double Volume II (of 3) by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

In other words, the majority outvotes the minority.

From Time Magazine Archive

On Sept. 17, four board members outvoted Tata to grant a third term to Chandrasekaran.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

Frankly, I had wanted to name him Willie, but I was outvoted.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

They were outvoted, but departing Chair Jerome Powell acknowledged at the news conference that their position could command a majority as soon as June.

From Barron's ● May 20, 2026

"I voted against awarding a DD degree to Rev Poots but was outvoted," Prof Kirkpatrick said.

From BBC ● Dec. 8, 2025

Ultimately, Anthony was outvoted and the women’s rights convention was canceled.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

That was brought into focus this week when the RBA decided to raise interest rates by 25 basis points to 4.10%, with five of its board members outvoting four other officials.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026

But “when you look at the raw votes, we’re still outvoting them 3-to-1.”

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 10, 2022

The foundation had the right to receive preferred shares that allow it to block any deal, outvoting other shareholders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2015

Any possible remaining rivals on the Politburo will now have a difficult time outvoting Brezhnev.

From Time Magazine Archive

Classes A and B are elected by the member banks by a system of group and preferential voting designed to prevent the large banks from outvoting the smaller ones.

From Modern Economic Problems Economics Volume II by Frank Albert Fetter




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