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Mattel had outsold Hasbro every quarter for 17 years.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 27, 2017

Studies say that e-reader owners buy more books, and this summer Amazon announced that digital formats had outsold paper for the first time in the UK.

From The Guardian • Nov. 11, 2012

The Official Charts Company, which compiles the weekly rundown, said the song had outsold its nearest rival by three to one since entering the chart at number 11 last week.

From Reuters • Jun. 10, 2012

Chrysler declared that it had outsold Ford during early 1982, the only time it has done so in a nonstrike year since 1953.

From Time Magazine Archive