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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Lilly has won a weight-loss fight before: While Novo Nordisk pioneered the use of GLP-1 drugs for weight loss with its Wegovy and Ozempic weekly injections, Lilly’s Zepbound and Mounjaro injections now outsell them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
Soon her drinks started to outsell her preserves and the company grew to 19 employees - all women.
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2024
Keep warm: Heat pumps now outsell gas furnaces.
From New York Times ● Feb. 25, 2023
Hyundai posted just under a 1% increase to outsell Nissan, whose sales tumbled 25.4%.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 4, 2023
There are at least two American magazines which far outsell in England itself any British magazine of corresponding pretensions.
From Americanisms and Briticisms with other essays on other isms by Brander Matthews
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
At my place, the Stabler produces nuts as regular as the Thomas, and in the nursery it outsells the Thomas two to one, if not more.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950 by Northern Nut Growers Association
Last year's "Black Ops 7" was also a disappointment, being outsold by its chief competitor, "Battlefield 6".
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 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
Sir Keir Starmer may have had a tough year in office, but in one key measure he is top of the shop: the Toby Jug in his likeness outsold all other prime ministers in 2025.
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2026
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
By 1916, records of Hawaiian steel guitar were outselling every other music genre in the nation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2024
Four of the top 10 best-sellers came from South Korea, with bands such as Stray Kids and Seventeen outselling stars including Drake and The Weeknd.
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 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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