as in to outweigh
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Recent Examples of trump
In the business of flying people through the air at 40,000 feet, one brand promise trumps all others: safety.
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Allen Adamson, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
In this case, Lyon finishing sixth would trump Palace’s final position in the Premier League, granting the French side access to the second-tier Europa League.
—Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 21 May 2025
Political calculation almost always trumps budget math.
—Laurent Belsie, Christian Science Monitor, 20 May 2025
Luckily, the experience trumped inhaling the intense stench, which eventually subsided.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 16 May 2025
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Allen Adamson, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
In this case, Lyon finishing sixth would trump Palace’s final position in the Premier League, granting the French side access to the second-tier Europa League.
—Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 21 May 2025
Political calculation almost always trumps budget math.
—Laurent Belsie, Christian Science Monitor, 20 May 2025
Luckily, the experience trumped inhaling the intense stench, which eventually subsided.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trump
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Sometimes, investor enthusiasm for a company’s outlook can lead to valuations that temporarily outweigh fundamental metrics.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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BlackRock’s experience shows that for Wall Street, the upside of publicly supporting climate action is far outweighed by the political risk, even though its Texas business was scarcely a drop in its $12 trillion total portfolio.—
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
5 June 2025
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The battle between Ursa and the alien invader, who has access to more sophisticated weaponry and whose physical mass overshadows her, tests not only physical prowess but her astuteness as well, with a Nordic landscape as backdrop.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
6 June 2025
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That the numbers are falling again suggests voters remain unconvinced by the administration's course correction—and that concerns over rising prices, trade instability, and mixed signals from the White House continue to overshadow any efforts to reset the economic narrative.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 June 2025
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His reign ended as another American emerged, Francis Ouimet, a mild-mannered amateur who defeated Vardon and Ted Ray in a playoff.—
Tim Corlett,
Forbes.com,
9 June 2025
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That’s supposed to keep immigrant families safe and defeat Trump?—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
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Recent research confirms that employees with high emotional intelligence (EQ) outperform their peers in leadership, teamwork, and overall workplace effectiveness.—
William Arruda,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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The national economy is showing resilience, outperforming many state economies, including Maryland’s.—
Christopher Anderson,
Baltimore Sun,
7 June 2025
Verb
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But your brain might still seek patterns to overcome.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Yet soon one is overcome by Charles Laughton’s creepy, convincing portrayal of Captain Bligh’s sadomasochism: most of the first fifteen minutes is taken up with floggings and other shipboard disciplining of half-naked men, shown in detail while Laughton looks on with long-lipped lasciviousness.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
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In a national poll in Good Housekeeping, Berg was ranked America’s second most admired woman, bested only by another liberal firebrand, Eleanor Roosevelt.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
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Gen was right: Emily was angry because she had been bested.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2025
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“Trump.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trump. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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