outnumber
Example Sentences
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By 1956, white-collar workers outnumbered blue-collar workers for the first time—marking the transition to a service economy.
With more than 12,000 species, they outnumber birds and mammals.
From Science Daily
They are outnumbering Ukraine’s unmanned aerial vehicles in key sections of the front, while using improved tactics that are testing Ukraine’s ability to keep its front-line defenders supplied.
Below the domes and spires of a colonial metropolis, a discernible transfer of power is evident, as khadi-clad Congress volunteers outnumber pith-helmeted policemen and army soldiers.
From BBC
“Tough, tiny, starving and stressed out,” microbes survive and thrive to outnumber the stars in the universe—and can live for thousands, perhaps millions of years.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
