outvote
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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
Regan says, in response, that because of “outdated governance rules,” unions representing one-third of the members were able to outvote the majority.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
The two privileged estates could always outvote the Third Estate.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012
When the League could outvote Kelly, then—another policy, still of calmness and peace and civilization, but not so meek.
From The Conflict by David Graham Phillips
In other words, the majority outvotes the minority.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
He was outvoted 427-1 in the House, unanimously in the Senate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025
His father worshipped guitarists from the Delta and even wanted to name his son after the Mississippian Albert King but was outvoted by his wife, who named him after Beethoven.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2025
The Antifederalist opponents of the Constitution made precisely these points, but they were outmaneuvered, outargued, and ultimately outvoted by a dedicated band of national advocates in nine of the state ratifying conventions.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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
