outguess

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Recent Examples of outguess No one knows for sure, and older investors are often better served by accepting that uncertainty rather than trying to outguess it. Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026 With the right guardrails in place, investors don't have to outguess the market. Chris Stevens, Nashville Tennessean, 19 Oct. 2025 The Fed and the Markets both appear to be trying to outguess each other. George Calhoun, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outguess
Verb
  • Mosquitoes just might be outsmarting us Mosquitoes may be beating us at our own game − by making repellent attractive.
    Robert Abitbol, USA Today, 13 June 2026
  • In research released Monday, Amazon scientists Gaurav Gupta and Vatshank Chaturvedi document in careful technical detail why AI agents have a persistent tendency to outsmart themselves—and why fixing the problem requires rethinking the entire layer of software between the model and its tools.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 June 2026
Verb
  • Similar storm-clouds are now gathering around Sánchez, a canny politician known for outwitting his opponents.
    Tim Lister, CNN Money, 21 June 2026
  • Out of the first 3,000 participants, only three adults managed to outwit the kids and win the million-dollar grand prize.
    Greg Petro, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
Verb
  • The question is no longer whether Vannacci will influence the vote, but whether Meloni can contain, co-opt or outmaneuver her challenger.
    Giada Zampano, Fortune, 15 June 2026
  • The question, analysts say, is no longer whether Vannacci will influence the vote, but whether Meloni can contain, co-opt or outmaneuver a challenger carving out political space to her right.
    ABC News, ABC News, 14 June 2026
Verb
  • Some of the game’s biggest stars have already voiced frustration over trying to outthink the robots.
    Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Digital computers may eventually outthink us, but that will remain all action without experience.
    Shai Tubali, Big Think, 27 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Liv Morgan begged for a tag, but she was outfoxed by a blind tag from Rhea Ripley.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026
  • But even foxes can outfox themselves by their own designs.
    Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 20 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Federal authorities arrested multiple people in connection with an alleged plot to target the Ultimate Fighting Championship event at the White House, thwarting an attack that court documents say would have involved drones, explosive devices and multiple gunmen.
    Christopher Cann, USA Today, 17 June 2026
  • Secure Boot is designed to thwart UEFI bootkits, a form of malware that alters the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface, the successor to the BIOS, both of which begin the initial boot sequence.
    Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 17 June 2026
Verb
  • Fans will love the trade at the time and then second-guess it when the other team has the star player.
    Jim Bowden, New York Times, 16 June 2026
  • That pressure can make a smart person second-guess their gut.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2026

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“Outguess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outguess. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.

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