outnumber
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Also notable: The number of S&P 500 stocks hitting new 52-week highs was on track to outnumber those hitting new 52-week lows for the first time in about a month.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 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
All the palace mice, of course, and we greatly outnumber the humans.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
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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
Its death-roll far outnumbers that of any other.
From Danger Or, Wounded in the House of a Friend by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
Local women, fearful at the prospect of suddenly being far outnumbered by men they don’t know, are taking self-defense classes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
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
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
Student unions, Left groups and organisations such as the Bhim Army, a Dalit rights group, were present, but they were ultimately "outnumbered by an organic outpouring of students from all over the country".
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
As the battle turned into a deadlock, it became clear that although the French ships outnumbered the English, some two hundred vessels to eighty, the English had a huge advantage.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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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
This comes despite deaths outnumbering births in the country since 2015.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026
Chinese carmakers lined the halls at the Munich auto show in September, outnumbering local automakers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 21, 2026
Domestic chain Meiyijia has quietly blanketed neighborhoods across China, vastly outnumbering foreign rivals.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 23, 2025
The fact to keep in mind is that in the 1950s “blacks” made up about 80 percent of the Jamaican population, outnumbering coloreds five to one.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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