How to Use outearn in a Sentence

outearn

verb
  • Three-fourths go on to outearn at least one of their parents.
    — Byron V. Garrett, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Especially when research shows that among box office hits, movies about women outearn movies about men.
    — Nina Metz, chicagotribune.com, 8 Mar. 2018
  • Moreover, college graduates outearn high-school grads — to the tune of seven figures over a lifetime — and for decades have seen stronger wage growth as well.
    — Robert Verbruggen, National Review, 11 July 2019
  • His research suggests that doing so in order to boost a child’s chances to outearn their parents is unlikely to be successful.
    — Rachel M. Cohen, The Atlantic, 26 Sep. 2017
  • By way of comparison, bachelor’s-degree holders outearn high-school grads by something like a million dollars over the course of their lives.
    — The Editors, National Review, 19 Nov. 2020
  • Even as women have started to increasingly outearn their partners, the thought of a woman paying for her own ring still feels wildly taboo.
    — Bethany Rutter, Glamour, 8 Jan. 2019
  • Workers with an advanced degree consistently outearn those without one and are more likely to be employed.
    — Jeffrey Selingo, Time, 2 July 2026
  • More women outearn their husbands, which causes friction for millennial couples.
    — Ashley Shaffer, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2020
  • Kanye West is a hugely successful rapper, designer, and producer, but Kim still outearns him.
    — Megan Friedman, Harper's BAZAAR, 11 July 2018
  • Numbers show that, generation by generation, people are becoming less and less likely to outearn their parents.
    — Lydia Wang, refinery29.com, 16 June 2021
  • But the study finds that in communities in which most families are affluent and white, and in which adult men far outearn women in income, girls continue to lag behind their male peers in math achievement.
    — Alia Wong, The Atlantic, 18 June 2018
  • Over 64% of mothers are co- or primary breadwinners, defined as married or unmarried women who either outearn their partners or bring home at least a quarter of the household's income through their wages.
    — Lisa Selin Davis, CNN, 1 Dec. 2020
  • Others have found a higher risk of relationship dissolution when the woman outearns her husband, and men in this situation have an 11% greater chance of being diagnosed with a mental health problem.
    — Kim Elsesser, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • In 2016, a team led by the economist Raj Chetty published research showing that young people entering the workforce could no longer expect to outearn their parents.
    — Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
  • When numbers were controlled for education, Pew Research reports that white males outearned every group of men except Asian men, and white women make more money per hour than every group of women except Asian women.
    — Michael Harriot, The Root, 22 June 2018
  • Advertisement From the Great Mausoleum in Glendale, California, Michael continues to outearn hundreds of thousands of living artists.
    — Steven Gray, Time, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Most won't lose loan access Most programs are expected to pass the earnings test, particularly those in STEM fields and who attend elite universities, whose graduates far outearn high school graduates, according to the analysis.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Whatever their reason for taking up gig work, Boomers on Wonolo are outearning any other age group, with average monthly earnings in the Bay Area of $1,003 a month, according to that company’s analysis of the users on its platform.
    — Leonardo Castañeda, The Mercury News, 28 June 2019

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