Examples of outrank in a Sentence
A general outranks a colonel.
The only topic to outrank the economy this week was the war.
Recent Examples on the Web
But Sonnet is two times faster than the previous model, and outranks it in intelligence despite being not as capable as Opus.
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Angela Yang, NBC News, 4 Mar. 2024
Taking the top prize for the second consecutive year, the DIA outranked other institutions such as The Art Institute of Chicago.
—Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 9 Mar. 2024
However during that time, Bud Light still outranked Modelo in volume sales and remained the top-ranking beer brand based on dollar sales year-to-date.
—USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2024
Though the Klamath River dam removal project will outrank the Elwha as the world’s largest, its impounded sediment is not nearly so voluminous and will instead pose different problems.
—Alka Tripathy-Lang, Ars Technica, 11 Jan. 2024
The post outranks many of London's most powerful and privileged.
—Tiffany May, New York Times, 4 July 2023
It’s been a successful run: Billboard reported Friday that the group took the No. 1 spot on its November Boxscore report, stating that RBD’s tour grossed $71.1 million and sold 734,000 tickets last month, outranking the likes of Coldplay, Pink, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Madonna.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2023
However, Swiss authorities ordered the write-off of $17 billion in Credit Suisse’s AT1 as part of its rescue package in March, an unusual move as debt holders typically outrank stockholders in a restructuring.
—Ed Frankl, WSJ, 9 Nov. 2023
Top 10 on this year’s list: 1-Coca-Cola 2-J.M. Smucker
3-W.W. Grainger
4-PNC Financial
5-ServiceNow
6-Meta Platforms
7-Capital One
8-Bank of America
9-Costco
10-Intuit
A few other interesting tidbits: Amazon (#27) outranked Walmart (#77), which surprised me.
—Alan Murray, Fortune, 4 Dec. 2023
Angela Yang, NBC News, 4 Mar. 2024
Taking the top prize for the second consecutive year, the DIA outranked other institutions such as The Art Institute of Chicago.
—Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 9 Mar. 2024
However during that time, Bud Light still outranked Modelo in volume sales and remained the top-ranking beer brand based on dollar sales year-to-date.
—USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2024
Though the Klamath River dam removal project will outrank the Elwha as the world’s largest, its impounded sediment is not nearly so voluminous and will instead pose different problems.
—Alka Tripathy-Lang, Ars Technica, 11 Jan. 2024
The post outranks many of London's most powerful and privileged.
—Tiffany May, New York Times, 4 July 2023
It’s been a successful run: Billboard reported Friday that the group took the No. 1 spot on its November Boxscore report, stating that RBD’s tour grossed $71.1 million and sold 734,000 tickets last month, outranking the likes of Coldplay, Pink, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Madonna.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2023
However, Swiss authorities ordered the write-off of $17 billion in Credit Suisse’s AT1 as part of its rescue package in March, an unusual move as debt holders typically outrank stockholders in a restructuring.
—Ed Frankl, WSJ, 9 Nov. 2023
Top 10 on this year’s list: 1-Coca-Cola 2-J.M. Smucker
3-W.W. Grainger
4-PNC Financial
5-ServiceNow
6-Meta Platforms
7-Capital One
8-Bank of America
9-Costco
10-Intuit
A few other interesting tidbits: Amazon (#27) outranked Walmart (#77), which surprised me.
—Alan Murray, Fortune, 4 Dec. 2023
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“Outrank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outrank. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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out·rank
(ˈ)au̇t-ˈraŋk 
: to rank higher or be more important than
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