outsell
verb (used with object)
to exceed in volume of sales; sell more than.
outselling
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present participleof outsell.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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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
