outsell
Americanverb (used with object)
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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
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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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Its naval ships outsell U.S. equivalents around the world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 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
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
They managed to outsell the rest of the top five combined in the process.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2022
That Tennessee village would set up a monument to Billings, then, and his autograph would outsell Satan’s.
From Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven by Twain, Mark
This juicy, flavorful fruit, which outsells most of its tropical counterparts, is grown in some 120 countries.
From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2025
Of course, Tesla outsells Ford by a wide margin, owning some 75 percent of the EV market.
From The Verge ● Aug. 10, 2022
The car reportedly outsells the Tesla Model 3 in China.
From New York Times ● Aug. 8, 2022
Wholemeal bread is widely regarded as being healthier but white bread still outsells it, making up three-quarters of the roughly 12 million loaves sold in the UK each day.
From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2020
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
That would mean it outsold Harley’s entire line of sport and adventure bikes by itself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
The 50 mL size significantly outsold larger sizes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
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
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
The relatively little-known device surprised the games industry when research firm Circana revealed, external it was the third best-selling console in the US over Black Friday 2025, outselling the Xbox Series S and X.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
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
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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