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Recent Examples of outrankCities such as Tampa, Raleigh, Omaha, Indianapolis, and Oklahoma City outranked Texas' other major metros.—Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 6 June 2025 This is the danger of a fundamentally performative president, a leader for whom the political benefits of calling in the National Guard clearly outranks the far greater risks, which is that such a decision destabilizes a city and forces everyone into ever more extreme positions.—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2025 The network outranked its broadcast competitors in that respect.—Katie Campione, Deadline, 10 June 2025 Childcare outranked any other perk including mental health support, paid maternity/paternity leave and tuition reimbursements as a benefit employers aimed to offer their workers last year, according to a Care.com survey of corporate-suite and human resource leaders.—Medora Lee, USA Today, 8 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for outrank
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outweigh
Verb
In the final stories of Mother to Men, Sodality reckons with the council’s refusal to deal with a swamp full of brackish water that is causing typhus: the council says that the expense outweighs any potential gain.
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14 July 2025
The bottom line: All-in-ones may look good out of the box, but for most home and office users, the limitations outweigh the benefits.
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