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outnumber

[aut-nuhm-ber] / ˌaʊtˈnʌm bər /


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This indicator will remain negative until new highs outnumber new lows for two consecutive days on the NYSE.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

Considering that young conservative men outnumber young conservative women, one would think it shouldn’t be so hard to find a Mr. Right who is also Mr. Right Wing.

From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026

In parts of China, where men far outnumber women, this has become a significant financial burden.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

Ex-smokers now outnumber the country’s 27 million smokers two to one, according to an American Lung Association analysis of federal health data.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

The good days began to outnumber the bad.

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner

The Titanic Syndrome indicator triggers when the Nasdaq Composite is at, or near, record territory, while the number of constituent stocks within it that are hitting fresh 52-week lows outnumbers those making new 52-week highs.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2025

With roughly 70 of them, the U.S.’s nuclear-submarine fleet outnumbers China by more than five to one, according to U.S. military and third-party estimates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025

Meta says the number of photos sent in direct messages now outnumbers those shared for all to see.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2024

The decision comes just days after housing activists announced over the weekend that the number of tourist beds in Venice now outnumbers the number of residents, citing official city data.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 14, 2023

Indeed, the immigration of the past six years more than outnumbers that of the forty years from 1820 to 1860.

From Aliens or Americans? by Howard B. (Howard Benjamin) Grose

An emergent field of research in the last 15 years has focused on the era of the “prison bust,” when prison closures have outnumbered prison openings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

In five of the nightly attacks in August, these drones outnumbered the older, slower models.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

That is a far cry from the pre-financial-crisis landscape: In 2007, assets in active equity funds outnumbered those in passive strategies by more than three to one.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

There was one day this week when new highs only outnumbered new lows by one issues, but things have improved since then.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026

Faramir was retreating to the wall of the Pelennor, rallying his men to the Causeway Forts; but he was ten times outnumbered.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

With England intent on pressing high, DR Congo utilised their goalkeeper plus three players centrally in the build-up - outnumbering England's front two in Harry Kane and Jude Bellingham.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

Those two firms have a combined 128,000 employees, far outnumbering Jane Street’s staff.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026

Men account for 53 percent of players and women 46 percent, with women actually outnumbering men among Baby Boomers, the ESA said.

From Barron's ● Jun. 7, 2026

Domestic chain Meiyijia has quietly blanketed neighborhoods across China, vastly outnumbering foreign rivals.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 23, 2025

The thing had been plastered on every blank space on every wall, even outnumbering the portraits of Big Brother.

From "1984" by George Orwell



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