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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Several California cities, including San Diego, Long Beach and Los Angeles, all outranked Phoenix for the number of spam calls.
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Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 17 June 2024
Both cities outranked its neighboring metro cities like Indianapolis, which ranked No. 66; Cincinnati, which ranked No. 100; Nashville, which ranked No. 50; and St. Louis, which ranked No. 114.
—Ray Padilla, The Courier-Journal, 4 June 2024
Does Hayao Miyazaki’s master status outrank a dog and a robot who are in love?
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2024
Japan even outranks China as a foreign investor in Southeast Asia, the region where China’s economic influence and political designs are felt most acutely.
—Mireya Solís, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2020
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Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 17 June 2024
Both cities outranked its neighboring metro cities like Indianapolis, which ranked No. 66; Cincinnati, which ranked No. 100; Nashville, which ranked No. 50; and St. Louis, which ranked No. 114.
—Ray Padilla, The Courier-Journal, 4 June 2024
Does Hayao Miyazaki’s master status outrank a dog and a robot who are in love?
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2024
Japan even outranks China as a foreign investor in Southeast Asia, the region where China’s economic influence and political designs are felt most acutely.
—Mireya Solís, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2020
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“Outrank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outrank. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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outrank
verb
out·rank
(ˈ)au̇t-ˈraŋk 
: to rank higher or be more important than
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