outsell
verb (used with object)
to exceed in volume of sales; sell more than.
have outsold
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present perfectof outsell.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Spurred on by concerns over climate change and policies meant to address it, heat pumps have outsold gas furnaces each year since 2021, according to the Rocky Mountain Institute, a clean-energy research nonprofit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2026
Heat pumps are growing in popularity and for the last two years have outsold gas furnaces in the United States.
From Science Daily ● May 31, 2024
In America, the company’s F-series pickups have outsold every other vehicle, of any type, for 39 years running; pickups constitute around half of Ford’s total sales, and probably an even higher percentage of its profits.
From New York Times ● Sep. 15, 2021
Why this one, then, and not, say, “Hello” or the even more tear-jerking “Someone Like You”? Well, thus far it appears to have outsold even those other megasellers, going an incredible octuple-platinum.
From Slate ● Oct. 18, 2018
The lady had a face like a thunder-cloud, and a form that, if whitewashed, would have outsold the 'Greek Slave.'
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862 by Various
