outrank
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Military personnel salute those who outrank them, but all military personnel, regardless of rank, salute Medal of Honor recipients.
From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2026
Across nearly every demographic, two values almost always outrank family.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025
Here are a few quarters in software history that outrank Palantir’s latest results:
From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2025
According to 247 Sports metrics, USC’s group of decommitments would actually outrank its current class, which sits in 16th place nationally.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2024
“On the bright side,” Percy said, “both Jason and I outrank you, Octavian. So we can both tell you to shut up.”
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
“The paperwork outranks the will,” in military life, he says.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
Gen. Zhang, as the CMC vice chairman, outranks Gen. Li, who was not in the PLA chain of command.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 30, 2023
Its cyclic winning structure ensures that no choice uniquely outranks any other.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 19, 2023
Although not in a direct command position, Li serves on Xi's seven-person Central Military Commission and is one of China's five state councillors, a cabinet position that outranks regular ministers.
From Reuters ● Sep. 16, 2023
“Well, you better try, Bull. He outranks you.”
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
Jacksonville, Fla., outranked other big cities—despite struggling with its pension costs—thanks to a local infrastructure sales tax, federal stimulus funding, and repairs and updates following recent hurricanes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026
As the liner notes explain, Dylan is the third-most popular covered songwriter ever, outranked only by The Beatles and Duke Ellington.
From Salon ● Feb. 24, 2026
When they outranked their patients, they gave essentially the same amount of effort to everyone.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2024
Cousins is outranked in experience by just a handful of backups, too, and even 2011 draftees Blaine Gabbert and Tyrod Taylor are younger than him despite entering a year earlier.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 7, 2023
The outpost officer, who outranked Tallmadge, reluctantly agreed but insisted that a report about Anderson be sent on to Arnold at West Point—where Arnold was expecting a visit from George Washington.
From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen
The offering will raise over $75 billion, easily outranking Saudi Aramco's $29.4 billion debut in 2019, the previous record-holder.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
It marked A24’s highest-opening weekend ever, outranking Alex Garland’s 2024 film “Civil War,” which earned a $25.5-million debut.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
Pears dropped to tenth place after outranking apples, blackberries and blueberries in 2025.
From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2026
Polymarket was all over the Golden Globes, Jerome Powell is now under federal investigation, and Chinese universities are outranking us in scientific output.
From Slate ● Jan. 17, 2026
He also carried a military title, thus outranking Burr with his honorary designation as “General Hamilton,” based on his last appointment, that of inspector general of the New Army in 1799.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
