Thesaurus results for OUTTHINK

outthink

verb

ˌau̇t-ˈthiŋk

as in to outwit

to get the better of through cleverness the company's growth is due in large part to its marketing division's ability to outthink the competition

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Recent Examples of outthink As loyalties blur and tensions erupt, survival depends on who can outthink – and outgun – everyone else. —

Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 13 Jan. 2026 The real edge is in responsiveness − the ability to outthink, outproduce and outmaneuver its competitor. —

Andrew Latham, The Conversation, 29 Oct. 2025 Altman, always the AI optimist, has previously touted AI’s potential to someday outthink humans, but the technology’s past three years of progress since OpenAI kicked off the AI arms race with ChatGPT’s release have shown him this moment could come sooner rather than later. —

Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2025 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 Perhaps the shape rotators are convinced that computers can outthink us because their own minds are so impoverished. —

Becca Rothfeld, Washington Post, 26 June 2024

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Ultimately, the team landed on 24 all-stars who will outwit, outplay and outlast each other for the $1 million prize and bragging rights that come with winning the show’s most competitive season to date.

— Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 22 Feb. 2026
Folktales are filled with people fighting to survive in forests, steppes, and deserts, and evading and outwitting the wild beasts that dwell within them.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Feb. 2026