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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And because Henley counts multiple countries with the same score as a single spot in its standings, there are actually 36 countries that outrank the US on the list.
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Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
But both were outranked by Washington University in St. Louis, which made the top 25.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
Fox’s coverage of Ohio State’s 14-7 victory peaked at 18.6 million viewers in the 3 p.m ET quarter-hour, and outranked out six of last winter’s 10 College Football Playoff games.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 4 Sep. 2025
The University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley outranked Stanford University.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
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Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
But both were outranked by Washington University in St. Louis, which made the top 25.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
Fox’s coverage of Ohio State’s 14-7 victory peaked at 18.6 million viewers in the 3 p.m ET quarter-hour, and outranked out six of last winter’s 10 College Football Playoff games.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 4 Sep. 2025
The University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley outranked Stanford University.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
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“Outrank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outrank. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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outrank
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out·rank
(ˈ)au̇t-ˈraŋk 
: to rank higher or be more important than
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