second-guessed

verb

past tense of second-guess
1
as in outmaneuvered

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2
as in speculated (about)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for second-guessed
  1. outmaneuvered
  2. reasoned
  3. balked
  4. analyzed
  5. outwitted
  6. reviewed
  7. outsmarted
  8. concluded
Verb
  • For more than a decade, India’s leader Narendra Modi has seemed politically unassailable, presiding over a government that has outmaneuvered opponents, dominated public discourse and squeezed the space for dissent in the world’s biggest democracy.
    — Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of outmaneuvered
Verb
  • Cousins reasoned that whether an MMR counts as an associated entity is not an automatic yes or no.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 5 Aug. 2026
  • If so many people were already riding their bikes as scooters, the designers reasoned, why not give them the benefits of a true scooter experience while still staying within the legal definition of a bicycle?
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of reasoned
Verb
  • Democratic activists balked, Hilton stepped down and investments dried up.
    — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • And, while other states had balked at the fifty-million-dollar price tag that Hubbard deemed necessary for the clinical trials, Texas had ended the year with a twenty-four-billion-dollar budget surplus from oil and gas revenues.
    — Michelle Lhooq, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of balked
Verb
  • The study Patrick referenced, which was published in the journal Food & Function in 2023, analyzed food absorption in eight healthy men.
    — Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • SmartAsset analyzed Zillow Home Value Index data for single-family homes, condos and co-ops across the nation's 100 largest cities.
    — Angela Rodriguez, Sacbee.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of analyzed
Verb
  • To say that Cucurella was pleased, when the Spanish side outwitted the French in the semifinal, would be an understatement.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 17 July 2026
  • For Deschamps and Stephan, there was no shortage of blame after Spain’s Luis de la Fuente outwitted the French coaching staff for the third time, following wins at the 2024 European Championship and last year’s Nations League semi-final.
    — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 16 July 2026
Definition of outwitted
Verb
  • Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic—all reportedly in attendance at Tuesday’s closed-door meeting—reviewed a draft and submitted edits in late July, Politico reported.
    — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Privacy Bee’s analysis team has reviewed many hundreds of data broker sites and developed highly detailed guides for handling your opt-out requests.
    — Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of reviewed
Verb
  • For fun, its creator Antonio Prohias also introduced a third agent who often outsmarted both.
    — Will Townsend, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • This disease did not retreat because the bacterium weakened or because humanity outsmarted it.
    — Katrine L. Wallace, The Conversation, 29 July 2026
Definition of outsmarted
Verb
  • The incident came one day after the DEF CON security conference concluded in Las Vegas, and was first described on social media accounts that follow publicly available air-to-ground messages, known as ACARS.
    — Cyrus Farivar, ArsTechnica, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The South Korean government investigation concluded that this was an institutional problem – mostly handled by one employee but done with the organization’s approval.
    — Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of concluded
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