SECOND-GUESSED Synonyms: 82 Similar and Opposite Words

second-guessed

verb

past tense of second-guess

as in outmaneuvered

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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
The series will also recreate pivotal moments from Carlos’ life, while Carr examines how Carlos outmaneuvered intelligence services before being captured.

— Tanya Fedak, Variety, 24 June 2026

Definition of outmaneuvered

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Should the luminiferous ether exist, then scientists reasoned that as the Earth orbits the sun at around 66,000 miles per hour (106,216 kilometers per hour), our planet should be moving through the ether, which had been deemed to be stationary.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 3 July 2026
Which is try to be reasonable and reasoned, try to apply logic, try to be fair, try not to straw man people on opposing sides of arguments.

— David Frum, The Atlantic, 1 July 2026

Definition of reasoned

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Joy Behar balked at Alyssa Farah Griffin referencing her age during a discussion about Mitch McConnell’s health.

— Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 8 July 2026
The liberal justices balked at the logic and criticized the conservative majority for harming minority representation in politics and culture.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 July 2026

Definition of balked

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Researchers analyzed data from nearly 4,000 older adults participating in a long-term aging study.

— Brittney Melton, NPR, 8 July 2026
Published in 2023, this paper analyzed the 533 studies on cat diet or predation events published over more than a century and found that cats ate nearly 2,100 different species of animals, including invertebrates.

— Christopher A. Lepczyk, The Conversation, 8 July 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
Twenty-six years ago, students treated a visit by then-President Bill Clinton as a challenge, and outwitted the Secret Service by secretly rigging a banner to unfurl at an inopportune moment.

— Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 26 Apr. 2026

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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.

— CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 16 July 2026
The 41-year-old’s criminal history spans more than two decades, with many of the more recent charges related to some type of violent incident, according to court records reviewed by the Idaho Statesman.

— Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 15 July 2026

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Outflanked by cruel and fickle gods at every turn, legendary Greek hero Odysseus outsmarted a one-eyed giant, suffered through the bewitching Sirens’ song and braved the Underworld’s dead denizens.

— Alex Pulaski, Los Angeles Times, 8 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 outsmarted

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Days before the British sanction, the executive committee of the ICC’s oversight body concluded that Khan had committed serious misconduct and recommended that he be removed from office.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 July 2026
Advertisement By last fall, Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs had concluded that its conventional public diplomacy efforts—known in Israel as hasbara—were woefully insufficient.

— Eric Cortellessa, Time, 14 July 2026

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