In one sentence, how do I explain AUC to an executive ?

So I have to present my model performance to an executive. My boss said we want to shine our AUC (.71) over our accuracy (.66) , but I am struggling to put it in a one word sentence.

My pre-edited slide featured the following line:

“The mode predicts the outcome accurately 65% of the time”.

This was to articulate accuracy. So how could I achieve the same but explaining AUC.


TLDR: how do I tell an executive what .71 AUC …

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