outsmart

Example Sentences

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And that’s not because I think I can outsmart the market or game the system, but because I’d like to make smarter decisions about my own life.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 16, 2026

Grace and Faith must work together, using their namesake virtues to outsmart the scoundrels and stay alive, and to say it’s far less effective than it was seven years ago is an understatement.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

"Much depends on the military command but Mykhailo has a vision of how to outsmart the system."

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

It took 13-year-old Isobel less than five minutes to outsmart Australia's "world-leading" social media ban for children.

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2025

He thought Josie would huddle close and whisper conspiratorially about all their plans going forward—all the ways they’d outsmart Ivy and whoever else they were competing against.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix