outsell
verb (used with object)
to exceed in volume of sales; sell more than.
were outselling
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past progressiveof outsell.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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By 1916, records of Hawaiian steel guitar were outselling every other music genre in the nation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2024
That effort has seemed to jumpstart the competitive juices among retail staff, according to some employees at a store in Manhattan’s Upper West Side, who weren’t happy that colleagues in Harlem were outselling them.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 16, 2023
Auto companies were repositioning toward cars, and the Camry, Corolla, Civic, and Accord were outselling the Ford F-150.
From Slate ● Nov. 26, 2018
The product introduced the idea of portable, personalised listening to the music marketplace – and by the mid-80s, cassettes were outselling vinyl for the first time.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 23, 2015
Financial reports from the two firms in July indicated that the PS4 and PS3 were outselling the Xbox One and Xbox 360 by a factor of three to one.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2014
