outguess

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Recent Examples of outguess 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
  • 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.
    Leia Mendoza, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Because some of them act like complete idiots, but Wendy is constantly outsmarting everyone.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Maigret must outwit some of Paris’s most cunning and violent criminals, while dealing with his own troubled past.
    Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025
  • But like any virus, RSV has the ability to mutate, so at least one question remained: Could the virus eventually outwit nirsevimab?
    Tara Haelle, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • 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.
    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.
    Rachel Witkowski, semafor.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • 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.
    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.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 13 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • 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.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • No doubt remained that I’d been outfoxed.
    Charles Elliott, Outdoor Life, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Authorities have vowed to step up measures to minimize and thwart the threat posed by drones.
    Jordan Blum, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
  • There had already been one major let-off with Alisson thwarting Yilmaz, who had got in behind the makeshift right-back too easily.
    James Pearce, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Observers also expect the Department of Justice to raise justiciability concerns asserting that courts should not second-guess presidential security judgments.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
  • No more second-guessing a recipe that suggests one thing but delivers another.
    Matt Emma, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025

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“Outguess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outguess. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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