outnumber
verb (used with object)
to exceed in number.
will outnumber
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future tenseof outnumber.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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And it appears poised to get wider still, with the Education Department projecting that women earning bachelor’s degrees in the current academic year will outnumber men by nearly 40%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026
By 2030, people over 65 will outnumber those under 18 for the first time in U.S. history.
From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026
Sterilized males released by West Valley will outnumber females in the wild by at least 100 to 1 to increase their chances of beating out unaltered males, spokeperson Reisinger said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2024
Experts predict Arabs will outnumber Jews in Israel plus the areas it captured in 1967 — the West Bank, Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 6, 2023
Even with the greatest force the Anglo-French Governments can muster the Germanic armies will outnumber them two to one, while the Austro-German artillery is in the proportion of five to one.
From Raemaekers' Cartoon History of the War, Volume 2 The Second Twelve Months of War by Louis Raemaekers
