second chance
noun
: an opportunity to try something again after failing one time
I could have fired him, but I gave him a second chance.
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Maybe this Raymond Carver poem will inspire you to think of it more as a sweet second chance.
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FOXNews.com, 28 Nov. 2025
Maybe this Raymond Carver poem will inspire you to think of it more as a sweet second chance.
—Hannah Jocelyn, New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2025
The shelter shared the good news on Facebook, where commenters quickly celebrated Piper’s second chance.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2025
Be open to a second chance at a romance.
—Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 26 Nov. 2025
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“Second chance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/second%20chance. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.
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