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
“But I mean, Jarvis doesn’t outrank you or anything.”
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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
There’s also a hospitality category that outranks all of the others: the Platinum Access packages, which often include luxury accommodations, private suites and private transport.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 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
“Well, you better try, Bull. He outranks you.”
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
Is it true, they ask, that Jefferson bribed Trumbull to make it look that way, to show that he, Jefferson, outranked Adams?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 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
That’s in contrast to the 2020 election, when COVID-19, racism, and healthcare outranked the economy as the main issue driving young voters to the polls, according to the same survey.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2024
When they outranked their patients, they gave essentially the same amount of effort to everyone.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2024
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
