second opinion
noun
: advice from a second expert (such as a doctor) to make sure advice from the first such expert is correct
My doctor says I need surgery, but I'm going to get a second opinion.
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Earlier on Monday, Chiefs coach Andy Reid said Mahomes had traveled to Dallas to get a second opinion about the injury, a standard practice when a player is injured.
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Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 16 Dec. 2025
If that process was reversed, and ChatGPT was asked to render the second opinion on the doctor’s diagnosis, the results were worse—and in fact, the second-best results were just having ChatGPT provide the diagnosis.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 9 Dec. 2025
Once discharged, the family sought a second opinion.
—Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2025
Di Bella turned to City of Hope in Duarte for a second opinion.
—Victoria Le, Oc Register, 1 Dec. 2025
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Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 16 Dec. 2025
If that process was reversed, and ChatGPT was asked to render the second opinion on the doctor’s diagnosis, the results were worse—and in fact, the second-best results were just having ChatGPT provide the diagnosis.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 9 Dec. 2025
Once discharged, the family sought a second opinion.
—Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2025
Di Bella turned to City of Hope in Duarte for a second opinion.
—Victoria Le, Oc Register, 1 Dec. 2025
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“Second opinion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/second%20opinion. Accessed 18 Dec. 2025.
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