outrank
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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
The Apple Cup has been too lopsided of late for the Cougs to outrank the Ducks as UW fans’ greatest annual source of angst, and that’s unlikely to change.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 12, 2023
“But I mean, Jarvis doesn’t outrank you or anything.”
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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
But in Northern Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, where fall is less dramatic, Summer outranks Autumn, they found.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 28, 2022
“Varney’s not bad, Bull, and you’ve got no choice. You have to get along with him. 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
Both male and female doctors invested the most effort in female patients who outranked them.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2024
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
He outranked her, but he was not her boss.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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
