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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There is also a second chance first field goal scorer bet available for the games.
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Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 May 2025
Gordon seized an outstanding offensive rebound on the baseline, but was surrounded by too many bodies to get up a clean second chance.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 5 May 2025
Life after California’s death row: What happens when condemned inmates get a second chance.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2025
In this dark comedy, Bud’s own fictionally fatal mishap may be the thing to give him a second chance at freedom and life.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 1 May 2025
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Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 May 2025
Gordon seized an outstanding offensive rebound on the baseline, but was surrounded by too many bodies to get up a clean second chance.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 5 May 2025
Life after California’s death row: What happens when condemned inmates get a second chance.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2025
In this dark comedy, Bud’s own fictionally fatal mishap may be the thing to give him a second chance at freedom and life.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 1 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for second chance
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“Second chance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/second%20chance. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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