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outrank

[aut-rangk] / ˌaʊtˈræŋk /








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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

If they happened to outrank their doctor, they were considered a “high-power” patient.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2024

Nevada, Arizona and Colorado currently outrank Washington, according to Rutgers data.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 25, 2023

“Yes, sir. I may outrank you, sir, but you’re still my commanding officer.”

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

In his roughly 50 years preaching, Hutchinson says the anxiety he is hearing about AI outranks everything.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

“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

“Father doesn’t worry about which fork to use and who outranks who,” I groused.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

It was the first time in over a year that cyberattack fears outranked all other business threats, the survey said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 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

With audiences of 1.4 million each, both “America’s Newsroom” and “Outnumbered” outranked NBC’s daily “Today Jenna and Hoda.”

From Washington Times ● Sep. 6, 2023

In an Associated Press survey, 44% of U.S. voters polled named the future of democracy as one of their top concerns on election day, outranked only by inflation and the economy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2022

Though I knew there was human suffering out there, it wasn’t like there was a tragedy scale where some things outranked others, or that care given to a bonobo meant less left for people.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer

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

In 2025, Wall Street analysts remain a bullish group, with Buy ratings vastly outranking Sell ratings.

From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 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


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