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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.
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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
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
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Sunday outsmarted Adam and Hannah with a ruse at Tribal Council.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 May 2026
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The goal isn’t to outsmart wildfire season.—
Ryan Brennan
May 19,
Kansas City Star,
19 May 2026
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The Bed Rot Challenge is a new reality competition web series in which stars from Survivor, The Traitors, Love Island USA, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, The Bachelorette, and Beast Games will attempt to outwit and outlast each other… on a bed.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
27 May 2026
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Towering over the town is another, much bigger, Venetian fort, the Palamidhi (named after Palamedes, Nafplio’s legendarily clever local hero, who outwitted Odysseus and, well, didn’t live long enough to regret it).—
Helen Brown,
TheWeek,
30 Apr. 2026
Verb
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But in the case of the stork, the bird saw the drone and outmaneuvered it.—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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The auteur can now cross another genre off his bucket list with The Samurai and the Prisoner (Kokurojo), a stately and rather stagy historical mystery set during the 16th century, at a time when warring clans fought and outmaneuvered each other for control of the land.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
24 May 2026
Verb
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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
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Digital computers may eventually outthink us, but that will remain all action without experience.—
Shai Tubali,
Big Think,
27 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Liv Morgan begged for a tag, but she was outfoxed by a blind tag from Rhea Ripley.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
25 Jan. 2026
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But even foxes can outfox themselves by their own designs.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
20 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Toward the end of the season, Deborah’s grand MSG show is thwarted by her nemesis Bob Lipka (Tony Goldwyn) who bought out all the tickets to the show, leaving her with an empty stadium.—
Alexandra Jhamb Burns,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 June 2026
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But the administration says the status quo allows rank-and-file federal employees to thwart the president's agenda.—
Andrea Hsu,
NPR,
3 June 2026
Verb
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So, instead of scrambling to compare quotes or second-guess repair recommendations, homeowners have a more predictable process when something breaks.—
Kathy Collins,
Fortune,
6 June 2026
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In a dissenting opinion, Judge Justin Walker said judges lack the power to second-guess the decision to exclude transgender troops.—
Michael Kunzelman,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
Cite this Entry
“Outguess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outguess. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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