Definition of outranknext
as in to outweigh
to be greater in importance than one hard fact outranks a mountain of speculation anytime

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Recent Examples of outrank But at 50,029 deliveries last month, Leapmotor outranked most of its domestic rivals. Matthew Chin,evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 2 Apr. 2026 Oklahoma had outranked Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee every year until 2013. Jennifer Palmer, Oklahoman, 27 Feb. 2026 Purely in the postseason alone, the Patriots outrank the Seahawks in yards allowed per game, points allowed per game, EPA per play, EPA per pass and EPA per rush. Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 28 Jan. 2026 But a recent rankings list from the American Consumer Satisfaction Index shows that the Florida grocery store is getting outranked in customer satisfaction by another grocery chain with a cult following. Lianna Norman, Florida Times-Union, 28 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for outrank
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outweigh
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  • These arguments, and others, can combine to outweigh the competing intuition that ordinary life is valuable and meaningful.
    Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 22 May 2026
  • But the conditions under which such tragedies tend to occur are present here, disclosed in plain sight, and outweighed — at least on day one — by demand for the AI infrastructure story.
    Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 21 May 2026

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“Outrank.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outrank. Accessed 23 May. 2026.

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