outsell
Americanverb (used with object)
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outsells,
present (3rd person singular)
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outsold,
past participle, past
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outselling
present participle
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to exceed in volume of sales; sell more than.
He outsells all our other salespeople.
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to exceed in value or number of sales.
a soap that outsells all other brands.
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Archaic. to obtain a higher price than.
verb
Other Word Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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outsellsimple
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outsellssimple
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have outsoldperfect
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has outsoldperfect
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am outsellingprogressive
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are outsellingprogressive
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is outsellingprogressive
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have been outsellingperfect progressive
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has been outsellingperfect progressive
Past
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outsoldsimple
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had outsoldperfect
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was outsellingprogressive
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were outsellingprogressive
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had been outsellingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of outsell
Example Sentences
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Many analysts predict Lilly’s pill will eventually outsell Novo Nordisk’s globally because Foundayo is easier to manufacture at a large scale.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
With enough purchasing power to upend the publishing industry, outsell the Bible and necessitate a dedicated BookTok table at Barnes & Noble, Hoover’s readership is a force.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2024
Soon her drinks started to outsell her preserves and the company grew to 19 employees - all women.
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2024
Affiliated South Korean automakers Hyundai, with sales up 15.5%, and Kia, up 21.8%, combined to outsell Stellantis, which saw a 9.1% sales decline.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 3, 2023
Her pretty action did outsell her gift, And yet enrich'd it too.
From Cymbeline by William Shakespeare
This juicy, flavorful fruit, which outsells most of its tropical counterparts, is grown in some 120 countries.
From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2025
The PlayStation currently outsells Microsoft's Xbox but like all entertainment platforms, the key to success is access to the best content.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2023
Of course, Tesla outsells Ford by a wide margin, owning some 75 percent of the EV market.
From The Verge ● Aug. 10, 2022
But the Eastern is a wine bar, in all its mid-century modern glory, where vino outsells all other food and drink combined on many nights.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 27, 2019
Long Island Circulation—in towns within New York suburban territory the Evening Journal outsells all other New York evening papers combined!
From What's in the New York Evening Journal America's Greatest Evening Newspaper by New York Evening Journal
Unitree was the single biggest supplier of humanoid robots last year, although it was outsold in the first half of 2026 by Chinese rival Agibot, according to a report from Smart Analytics Global.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
Pan-European figures make BYD look unstoppable: registrations roughly tripled year-over-year in early 2026, and it even briefly outsold Tesla continentwide.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
For the first female-majority Olympic Games, LA28 reported that women’s Olympic sessions outsold men’s 93% to 88% during the first drop.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026
One of those brands, Onvo, has outsold the core Nio brand for the past three months, partially thanks to a new electric SUV that starts at roughly $25,300 with a battery subscription.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 18, 2025
Your poster outsold the rest of ours combined.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
Last September, he even boasted that Leapmotor was outselling Chinese giant BYD in large European countries such as Germany.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026
She also broke UK chart records, with the album reaching number one and outselling the rest of the top 10 combined.
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2024
By 1916, records of Hawaiian steel guitar were outselling every other music genre in the nation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2024
The lineup is part of the house’s efforts to attract new audiences by embracing contemporary operas, which are outselling many of the classics.
From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2024
And beet sugar colored by new processes was now outselling cane sugar from the Caribbean.
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
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