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 on the Web
Duckworth served in the Army National Guard and retired as a lieutenant colonel (outranking Hegseth, a major).
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Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
The Wall Street Journal’s university rankings now prioritize career outcomes over prestige, with schools like Claremont McKenna and Babson College outranking Harvard and MIT, signaling a shift in what matters to prospective students.
—Nayeli Jaramillo-Plata, CNN, 26 Jan. 2025
Only Toyota’s own Sequoia, a larger, body-on-frame three-row model, outranks the Highlander in the SUV category.
—Karl Brauer, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
An advocate with the National Eagle Center in Minnesota argued this risked another bird, such as a sports mascot, outranking the eagle.
—Erin Mansfield, USA TODAY, 26 Dec. 2024
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“Outrank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outrank. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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outrank
verb
out·rank
(ˈ)au̇t-ˈraŋk 
: to rank higher or be more important than
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