Etymology
Origin of outspend
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Baby boomers make up the majority of cruisers, and that cohort has continued to outspend other generations.
From Barron's ● May 6, 2026
But the issue is how to persuade owners to spend another $100 million when the Dodgers still might outspend them by $300 million.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 21, 2026
His love of stand-up comedians led Netflix to outspend HBO and essentially take over what was seen as a niche business of comedy specials.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 20, 2025
The action is between the people donating, trying to outspend each other.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2024
It’s tough being so rich you can outspend anyone, but not so rich you can afford to buy a third-rate social network without a little help.
From Slate ● Oct. 10, 2023
But all told, the pro-Stevens PACs were outspending their competition 12 to 1 as the race ramped up in mid-July.
From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026
Political party spending used to dominate election cycles, with parties sometimes even outspending their own candidates.
From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2026
“Steyer is outspending his opponents by far more than any other self-funded candidate in California,” said Dan Schnur, a longtime politics professor at USC, UC Berkeley and Pepperdine University.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
Merck has unveiled a $9.2 billion deal to buy Cidara Therapeutics after outspending rivals in a bidding battle that went down to the wire, according to the Financial Times.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
Trone is co-founder and co-owner of wine retailer Total Wine and poured more than $61 million of his own money into the race, far outspending Alsobrooks.
From Seattle Times ● May 14, 2024
But another former Democratic presidential hopeful has outspent him overall, as billionaire Michael Bloomberg pumped about $1 billion of his own fortune into his unsuccessful 2020 White House bid.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026
Like Cruz, Toth was wildly outspent yet won by a wide margin.
From Salon ● May 29, 2026
Though he was vastly outspent by his two rich Democratic opponents, multimillionaire Al Checchi and then-Rep.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026
She also has much broader name recognition than Talarico despite being outspent in advertising by several million dollars.
From Slate ● Mar. 3, 2026
King Cole was not a merrier old soul than Illustrissimo of that day; he outspent princes; and his agent, while he harried the tenants to supply his master's demands, plundered Illustrissimo frightfully.
From Venetian Life by William Dean Howells
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