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outnumber

 verb
     
out‧num‧ber [transitive]
to be more in number than another group:
Flats outnumber houses in this area.
His troops were hopelessly outnumbered.
outnumber somebody/something by something
In nursing, women still outnumber men by four to one.
vastly/greatly/heavily outnumber
Men in prison vastly outnumber women.
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