Definition of outrank
transitive verb
1
:to rank higher than
2
:to exceed in importance
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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 of outrank from the Web
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The Supreme Court majority, of course, outranks the circuits and always gets the final say.
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And the survey shows how wrapped up many of us are in our looks overall: 44 percent of women consider their appearance a key part of their identity, outranking being a mom, or their job, religion, or heritage.
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Slams that include all three species outrank those with only two species.
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These flat, open-floor-plan structures outranked other common styles—like contemporary, cottage, craftsman, and farmhouse—likely for their affordability.
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Since it was first included in July 2010 as a response to the question of which issue is most important, health care has never been cited by more than 20% of Americans as most pressing and has never outranked all other issues.
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In the building trades, business manager outranks president.
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Cleveland only outranked San Francisco, New York, Detroit and Washington D.C in the overall scores.
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DeWine and Husted are largely considered the two heavyweights, outranking the rest in both name ID and fundraising.
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First Known Use of outrank
1829
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