A general outranks a colonel.
The only topic to outrank the economy this week was the war.
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One whale traveled just over 9,300 miles (15,000 kilometers), outranking previous recordholders including a humpback that swam from Colombia to Zanzibar.—ABC News, 19 May 2026 This access came mostly through Magyar’s wife, Judit Varga, who far outranked him, and who eventually became Orbán’s Minister of Justice.—Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 9 May 2026 Most notably, Midwest and southern metro areas are outranking some of the most buzzy hotspots for college graduates.—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 6 May 2026 They’re outranked by Table Two for the sole reason this artwork is doing its cheeky dupe work from Ginori plates, where Table Two was pursuing totally original designs.—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 24 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for outrank