Examples of outrank in a Sentence
A general outranks a colonel.
The only topic to outrank the economy this week was the war.
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Yet despite being available in far fewer homes as those broadcast giants reach, The Five consistently outranked them, delivering an average of 3.9 million total viewers and 410,000 viewers in the key 25-54 demo.
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Andy Meek, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
Cities such as Tampa, Raleigh, Omaha, Indianapolis, and Oklahoma City outranked Texas' other major metros.
—Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 6 June 2025
This is the danger of a fundamentally performative president, a leader for whom the political benefits of calling in the National Guard clearly outranks the far greater risks, which is that such a decision destabilizes a city and forces everyone into ever more extreme positions.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2025
The network outranked its broadcast competitors in that respect.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 10 June 2025
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Andy Meek, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
Cities such as Tampa, Raleigh, Omaha, Indianapolis, and Oklahoma City outranked Texas' other major metros.
—Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 6 June 2025
This is the danger of a fundamentally performative president, a leader for whom the political benefits of calling in the National Guard clearly outranks the far greater risks, which is that such a decision destabilizes a city and forces everyone into ever more extreme positions.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2025
The network outranked its broadcast competitors in that respect.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 10 June 2025
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“Outrank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outrank. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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outrank
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out·rank
(ˈ)au̇t-ˈraŋk 
: to rank higher or be more important than
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