as in to outwit
to get the better of through cleverness
the prisoners outfoxed the guards by tunneling beneath the prison walls
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Recent Examples of outfox
The playful, abstract compositions of Ore-Giron, meanwhile, are constantly outfoxing an impulse to settle into symmetry.
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Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2024
Their groundbreaking tactics enabled CIA officers to outfox the KGB in Moscow.
—Dawn Klavon, Peoplemag, 21 Feb. 2024
China has also added more road- and rail-mobile missile launchers to try to outfox American satellites and other detection technology.
—Chris Buckley, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2024
Can’t outfox the foxes Parrots and corvids have reputations as the brainiacs of the bird world.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 27 Jan. 2023
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Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2024
Their groundbreaking tactics enabled CIA officers to outfox the KGB in Moscow.
—Dawn Klavon, Peoplemag, 21 Feb. 2024
China has also added more road- and rail-mobile missile launchers to try to outfox American satellites and other detection technology.
—Chris Buckley, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2024
Can’t outfox the foxes Parrots and corvids have reputations as the brainiacs of the bird world.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 27 Jan. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outfox
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Forced back into combat, Billie Jean sets traps and executes precise strikes to outwit the attackers.Alex Ritman, Variety, 5 Nov. 2024
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For a concrete example of how AI has intensified the cat-and-mouse game between human and artificial BS, and the capacity of both to outwit and fool each other, consider recruitment.Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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Get savvy Job seekers are using AI to try and outsmart the hiring process, and recruiters are starting to catch on.BYEmma Burleigh, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2024
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Use your charm and intelligence to outsmart anyone who is challenging you.Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 20 Sep. 2024
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Invest in community colleges, where a gigantic proportion of American students are but where a lack of resources often thwarts their ambitions.Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2024
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During Trump’s first term, California had some success in thwarting his plans and policies.Ethan Varian, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Have both deceived themselves about their ambitions, their desires, their essential natures?Sara Holdren, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
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In July, Boeing agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud for deceiving regulators who approved the 737 Max.David Koenig, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
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Aryna Sabalenka defeats Jessica Pegula and Jannik Sinner defeats Taylor Fritz. September 15 - The 76th annual Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony takes place with Dan and Eugene Levy as hosts. October 7-14 - The Nobel Prizes are announced.CNN, CNN, 21 Nov. 2024
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All of those measures were defeated, but forced the real estate industry to spend hundreds of millions of dollars in opposition.Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
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Putting Taiwanese Designers on the Map Traditionally, Taiwanese consumers have favored international luxury brands over local ones, a challenge that designers like Billy Chow are working to overcome.Stephan Rabimov, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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To The End is an intimate glimpse into relationships, motivation and mortality, the sights and sounds of long-term friendship unearthing a fresh new conquest to overcome together.Matthew Carey, Deadline, 22 Nov. 2024
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The speech also tackled an issue that has foxed previous governments: reforming the House of Lords.Jill Lawless, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 July 2024
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Raccoon: Raccoon is very similar to fox but rarely comes in any other colors besides that of a typical raccoon which is naturally ombré.Liana Satenstein, Marie Claire, 13 Feb. 2014
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“Outfox.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outfox. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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