as in outweighed
to be greater in importance than
one hard fact outranks a mountain of speculation anytime
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Recent Examples of outranked
The University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley outranked Stanford University.
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Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
And once the numbers were crunched, Estonia outranked the rest.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2025
Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
And once the numbers were crunched, Estonia outranked the rest.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outranked
outweighed
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One is music streamer Spotify, which will experience some headwinds, but none the analyst doesn’t see outweighed by upside.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Dec. 2025
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In 2002, Condoleezza Rice, then Bush’s national security adviser, warned that the costs of awaiting evidence of an Iraqi nuclear capability far outweighed the costs of acting now.—
Caleb Pomeroy,
Foreign Affairs,
24 Dec. 2025
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“Outranked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outranked. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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