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Recent Examples of outguessThe Fed and the Markets both appear to be trying to outguess each other.—George Calhoun, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2021
In the final moments of Episode 8, he’s being held hostage with the newfound realization Wendy and the rest of the Lost Boys have been able to outsmart him.
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Leia Mendoza,
Variety,
24 Sep. 2025
Because some of them act like complete idiots, but Wendy is constantly outsmarting everyone.
Footage released by the Philippine government shows a Chinese coast guard cutter colliding with a People's Liberation Army Navy destroyer after being outmaneuvered by a Philippine fisheries bureau vessel.
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Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Sep. 2025
That one of the biggest and most economically central industries got outmaneuvered by a sector that was, until recently, on the fringes speaks to the new pecking order.
Geoff Hinton, one of the most influential voices in artificial intelligence, warned that humanity is running out of time to prepare for machines that outthink us.
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Ron Schmelzer,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
And if this isn’t an isolated incident, then this presents a huge problem for the remnants of humanity, most of whom have survived through a mixture of luck and simply being able to outthink these single-minded creatures.
He was outfoxed, outplayed and frustrated by the calm version of Daniil Medvedev in 2023, and lost in straight sets to Botic van De Zandschulp in the second round last year.
Observers also expect the Department of Justice to raise justiciability concerns asserting that courts should not second-guess presidential security judgments.
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Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
No more second-guessing a recipe that suggests one thing but delivers another.
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