trumped

Example Sentences

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To better understand why reordering American life trumped creating shareholder value, consider a recent paper that calculated the compound returns for publicly listed companies from 1925 to 2023.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026

That’s an overstatement, as is the later claim that for Pericles “cold logic and science trumped religion.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

In one of the most extreme examples of Tesla getting trumped, BYD vehicles swarmed roads in Europe last year.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026

Just after the hour, luck trumped class and Scotland equalised.

From BBC • Oct. 9, 2025

With war in the offing, however, the Navy was growing more powerful, and its demands trumped everything else.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield