trumped

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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

For now though, style and savings appear to have trumped concerns about sustainability, with many small-town Indians only just getting on to the fast-fashion bandwagon.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 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

‘Grave and worthy Writers’ trumped his own experience and that of his contemporaries.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton