outnumber
verb
out·num·ber
ˌau̇t-ˈnəm-bər 
outnumbered; outnumbering; outnumbers
: to exceed in number
Examples of outnumber in a Sentence
With 20 girls and 10 boys in the class, girls outnumber boys by 2 to 1.
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Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 18 May 2026
But the support for the two leading candidates was outnumbered by the undecided voters in the last Emerson College poll.
—Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 17 May 2026
Dysbiosis is a disruption in the balance of bacteria in the gut, where harmful bacteria begin to outnumber beneficial bacteria.
—Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 15 May 2026
Problems can happen, though, when harmful bacteria start to outnumber the beneficial ones.
—Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2026
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outnumber
verb
out·num·ber
(ˈ)au̇t-ˈnəm-bər
: to be more than in number
girls outnumber boys in the class
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