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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But our system of justice and our democratic values allow for those like Jesse Jackson Jr., who’ve admitted their mistakes and paid for them, to ask for a second chance and get a fair hearing.
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The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2025
Yet this process suggests a disturbing detachment from the very people who most deserve a second chance.
—Sreedhar Potarazu, Baltimore Sun, 19 July 2025
Now, people who missed out the first time will get a second chance to try it out.
—Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 July 2025
But Missouri voters could get a second chance at mandating paid sick leave.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 11 July 2025
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The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2025
Yet this process suggests a disturbing detachment from the very people who most deserve a second chance.
—Sreedhar Potarazu, Baltimore Sun, 19 July 2025
Now, people who missed out the first time will get a second chance to try it out.
—Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 July 2025
But Missouri voters could get a second chance at mandating paid sick leave.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 11 July 2025
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“Second chance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/second%20chance. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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