How to Use outvote in a Sentence

outvote

verb
  • Borowsky sought to delay the vote but was outvoted, and then was the lone vote against approving the contract.
    — Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • In pushing for cuts, he could be outvoted, rendering himself the functional equivalent of a potted plant.
    — Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Basically, these three Fed officials wanted to slam the door on cuts entirely, but were outvoted.
    — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2026
  • If a loyalist takes over and is too much of an outlier on monetary policy compared with the rest of the FOMC, then the chair could even be outvoted.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Put simply, Democrats outvoted Republicans by more than a 4-to-1 margin in a district designed to give the GOP the edge.
    — John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Because Texas has been firmly in the Republican camp since the early 2000s, Democrats have been consistently outvoted in the primaries.
    — John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Miran pushed for a half-point cut at the September meeting but was outvoted 11-1 on the Federal Open Market Committee.
    — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2025
  • In a city where Democrats outvote Republicans 3-to-1, the Democratic endorsement has become increasingly important.
    — Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 12 Aug. 2025
  • In the five counties stretching along the border from Webb to Cameron, Democrats outvoted Republicans 103,000 to around 25,000 in early.
    — John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Miran, who is on leave as head of the Council of Economic Advisers, pushed for a half-point cut but was outvoted 11 to 1 on the Federal Open Market Committee.
    — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Andrew Neil, former Sunday Times editor and the founding chair of Sky TV, told the BBC that Murdoch had feared that after his death Lachlan would be outvoted by his siblings.
    — Solcyré Burga, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
  • In The Good Wife and its offshoot The Good Fight, the actor played Equity partner Howard Lyman, who was invited back to the firm to help Diane and Will outvote Derrick Bond.
    — Nick Caruso, TVLine, 24 Aug. 2025
  • After the 1970 census, southern lawmakers seeking to dilute the electoral power of Black voters who’d gained the franchise in the 1960s decided to split Black-majority areas into districts where they would be outvoted by conservative whites.
    — Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 2 May 2026

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