1. " Politics I think ended up trumping practical common sense, " he said.
2. The short answer is that political positioning for the 2012 presidential election is already trumping economic rationality.
3. One reason is that efficiency is trumping diversity in order to meet the growing demand for animal protein.
4. Single guys worked the hardest around the house, trumping all age groups of married men.
noun
1. (card games) the act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow suit
Synonym: ruff