as in outweighing
to be greater in importance than
one hard fact outranks a mountain of speculation anytime
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Recent Examples of outranking
Look and style end up outranking the things that truly matter like his heart, values, character and even personal hygiene.
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Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 15 Aug. 2025
One hospitality research study found that emotional engagement is one of the top three drivers of guest loyalty in luxury hotels, outranking even location and amenities.
—Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Furthermore, only 4% of respondents to an Economist-YouGov tracking poll last week ranked crime as the most important issue to them, with inflation and prices (21%), jobs and the economy (14%), and healthcare (11%) all significantly outranking crime.
—Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 12 Aug. 2025
Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 15 Aug. 2025
One hospitality research study found that emotional engagement is one of the top three drivers of guest loyalty in luxury hotels, outranking even location and amenities.
—Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Furthermore, only 4% of respondents to an Economist-YouGov tracking poll last week ranked crime as the most important issue to them, with inflation and prices (21%), jobs and the economy (14%), and healthcare (11%) all significantly outranking crime.
—Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outranking
outweighing
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Over the past five years, a series of devastating hurricanes, wildfires and floods have caused insurers in disaster-prone states like Florida and California to either go bust or cut coverage in the most vulnerable areas, in an attempt to avoid climbing costs potentially outweighing profits.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
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In fact Galateia finished tied on points with the Farr 100 Leopard 3, whose win in the sixth and final race was not enough to clinch the title, with victory coming down to countback and Galateia’s two race wins outweighing Leopard 3’s single bullet.—
Bill Springer,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Outranking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outranking. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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