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outrank

[aut-rangk] / ˌaʊtˈræŋk /








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Military personnel salute those who outrank them, but all military personnel, regardless of rank, salute Medal of Honor recipients.

From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2026

Across nearly every demographic, two values almost always outrank family.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025

Here are a few quarters in software history that outrank Palantir’s latest results:

From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2025

Tesla magnate Elon Musk and Bernard Arnault, the CEO of luxury retail brand LVMH, outrank both Washington billionaires.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 3, 2023

“Yes, sir. I may outrank you, sir, but you’re still my commanding officer.”

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

“The paperwork outranks the will,” in military life, he says.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026

Gen. Zhang, as the CMC vice chairman, outranks Gen. Li, who was not in the PLA chain of command.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 30, 2023

Its cyclic winning structure ensures that no choice uniquely outranks any other.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 19, 2023

Although not in a direct command position, Li serves on Xi's seven-person Central Military Commission and is one of China's five state councillors, a cabinet position that outranks regular ministers.

From Reuters ● Sep. 16, 2023

“Varney’s not bad, Bull, and you’ve got no choice. You have to get along with him. He outranks you.”

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

It was the first time in over a year that cyberattack fears outranked all other business threats, the survey said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

As the liner notes explain, Dylan is the third-most popular covered songwriter ever, outranked only by The Beatles and Duke Ellington.

From Salon ● Feb. 24, 2026

When they outranked their patients, they gave essentially the same amount of effort to everyone.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2024

With audiences of 1.4 million each, both “America’s Newsroom” and “Outnumbered” outranked NBC’s daily “Today Jenna and Hoda.”

From Washington Times ● Sep. 6, 2023

Though I knew there was human suffering out there, it wasn’t like there was a tragedy scale where some things outranked others, or that care given to a bonobo meant less left for people.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer

It marked A24’s highest-opening weekend ever, outranking Alex Garland’s 2024 film “Civil War,” which earned a $25.5-million debut.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026

Pears dropped to tenth place after outranking apples, blackberries and blueberries in 2025.

From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2026

In 2025, Wall Street analysts remain a bullish group, with Buy ratings vastly outranking Sell ratings.

From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 2026

Polymarket was all over the Golden Globes, Jerome Powell is now under federal investigation, and Chinese universities are outranking us in scientific output.

From Slate ● Jan. 17, 2026

He also carried a military title, thus outranking Burr with his honorary designation as “General Hamilton,” based on his last appointment, that of inspector general of the New Army in 1799.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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