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Recent Examples of outguess
With the right guardrails in place, investors don't have to outguess the market.
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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
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Even young people trying to outsmart automation by ditching degrees or upskilling into trade jobs are destined for the same dead end.—
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Trapped in a secret room within Vault 31, the youngest member of the once-prestigious MacLean family (played by Moisés Arias) is desperate to outsmart the demented half-robot holding him hostage.—
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As ratings skyrocket, so does the danger, and Ben must outwit not just the Hunters, but a nation addicted to watching him fall.—
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During the two stints as Speaker, Pelosi shepherded passage of the Affordable Care Act, the pandemic-era American Rescue Plan and Biden-era infrastructure and climate bills, driven by what supporters call a singular ability to whip up votes and outwit her opponents.—
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Ian Terry won Big Brother season 14 at just 21 years old, becoming the show’s youngest champion after outmaneuvering veteran players with a quiet — but highly calculated — game.—
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How will both countries’ robotaxi operators outmaneuver each other for market share?—
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As loyalties blur and tensions erupt, survival depends on who can outthink – and outgun – everyone else.—
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The real edge is in responsiveness − the ability to outthink, outproduce and outmaneuver its competitor.—
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Los Angeles had already outfoxed the 49ers in 2021 by trading for Matthew Stafford, who was also on Shanahan’s radar.—
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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.—
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Initial attempts to conduct a drone search were thwarted by the windstorm, and the ground operation was called off before nightfall, the agency said.—
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When his initial move is thwarted, Mesidor never stops battling.—
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That pressure led her to second-guess herself.—
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Van Dyke would later second-guess the decision.—
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“Outguess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outguess. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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