Explore Outspent through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Outspent in a sentence
Outspent meaning
simple past and past participle of outspend
Using Outspent
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of outspend
- In the example corpus, outspent often appears in combinations such as: outspent the, and outspent, heavily outspent.
Context around Outspent
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 9 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Outspent
- In this selection, "outspent" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, heavily, freeland, tourists, jackson, republicans and pilip stand out and add context to how "outspent" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include about being outspent on television and being badly outspent on the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "outspent" sits close to words such as abad, abolishment and abr, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with outspent
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He outspent Bryan by a factor of five. (8 words)
In 2016, Hillary Clinton outspent Trump by $235 million. (9 words)
For context, Freeland outspent her own budget by $18 billion last year. (12 words)
The industry heavily outspent the community groups and environmental justice activists who supported the plan, and won big in June 2014, throwing out the plan on a campaign that pit jobs against the environment. (34 words)
Despite raising almost as much money as the Bush campaign, the Dole campaign spent its money faster and was vastly outspent in the contests held after Iowa, New Hampshire, Minnesota, and South Dakota. (33 words)
Democrats both outraised and outspent Republicans ahead of Virginia’s 2023 legislative elections, which were by some as a test of Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s viability as a future party leader. (32 words)
Example sentences (18)
For context, Freeland outspent her own budget by $18 billion last year.
He heavily outspent Jackson Lee, who was running to become Houston’s first Black female mayor.
The strong dollar means the discount available on luxury goods in Europe has been recently and U.S. tourists outspent all other nationalities in every month of 2022.
Before the election, the leading super PAC supporting Ms. Harris raised alarms about being outspent on television.
Corn, the Director of School Improvement at Oakland Unified, has outspent the other candidates in the race and, in addition to Vasudeo, was endorsed by the Berkeley Federation of Teachers.
Democrats both outraised and outspent Republicans ahead of Virginia’s 2023 legislative elections, which were by some as a test of Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s viability as a future party leader.
Keen was outspent by the Republicans in his race, but not to the overwhelming “Florida State playing Savannah State” level that characterized the DeSantis-Crist contest.
Suozzi also outspent Pilip, $2.4 million to $714,000, through Jan.
Who Targets Me found Labour has consistently outspent the Tories on online adverts.
A few reasons: he's being badly outspent on the airwaves in the 14 Super Tuesday states; he has fewer staffers organizing on the ground; and Sanders' strength with Latinos.
But money began to pour in online — crucial for a campaign that has been outspent at every junction.
The industry heavily outspent the community groups and environmental justice activists who supported the plan, and won big in June 2014, throwing out the plan on a campaign that pit jobs against the environment.
In 2016, Hillary Clinton outspent Trump by $235 million.
He’s heavily funding his campaign and outspent Fitzpatrick nearly 5-to-1 in the July to September quarter.
Candidates receive matching funds, up to a limit, when they are outspent by privately funded candidates, attacked by independent expenditures, or their opponent benefits from independent expenditures.
Despite raising almost as much money as the Bush campaign, the Dole campaign spent its money faster and was vastly outspent in the contests held after Iowa, New Hampshire, Minnesota, and South Dakota.
He outspent Bryan by a factor of five.
In the end, Hanna raised a staggering $3.5 million for the campaign and outspent the Democrats by an estimated 5-to-1 margin.
Common combinations with outspent
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- outspent the 4×
- and outspent 3×
- heavily outspent 2×
- outspent on 2×
- outspent by 2×