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outguess

verb

Definition of outguess

as in to outsmart

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Recent Examples of outguess 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 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

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For more than 100 years, people have tried to sequester it and tame it and outsmart it, and for more than 100 years the Mississippi has found its own way.

— Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
The world’s leading superpower was outsmarted by Iran, perhaps because Iran’s secretary of defense took his job seriously.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 29 June 2026

Definition of outsmart

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In the end, Seattle outmaneuvered and outbodied the Sparks, snatching steals and flipping the ball around the perimeter until the Storm fired off a shot.

— Liana Handler, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
May built one of the most dominant teams in Big Ten history by outmaneuvering his peers in the transfer portal.

— Austin Meek, New York Times, 30 June 2026

Definition of outmaneuver

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Hansi Flick stands in the iconic ground’s dugout, and a Mourinho believed to be past his best would have to find a way to outfox the German and unravel his high-scoring outfit with a defensive high line.

— Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 3 June 2026
But even foxes can outfox themselves by their own designs.

— Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 20 Jan. 2026

Definition of outfox

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The group’s open letter calls on Bonta to take action to thwart the Ellison expansion effort.

— Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
Nicolas Pepe had a shot from roughly 10 yards out that was thwarted by Norway goalkeeper Orjan Haskjold Nyland with his leg.

— Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 June 2026

Definition of thwart

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The Republican administration argued that judges cannot second-guess immigration officials’ decisions about protections that were intended to be temporary.

— Lindsay Whitehurst, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2026
The Supreme Court justices agreed, in an unsigned opinion, that federal courts should not second-guess state courts under a 1996 federal law that was intended to reduce federal court oversight of state criminal trials.

— CBS News, CBS News, 22 June 2026

Definition of second-guess

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