outwit

Example Sentences

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She favors installing parental controls, even though wily children can outwit them, on grounds that some thwarting is better than none at all.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

Armed with their new knowledge, the team hopes to outwit bacteria by cutting off multiple pathways.

From Science Daily • Nov. 28, 2024

They’ll need to outwit him, first and foremost, and they prove that they can.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2024

You don’t have to have seen “Survivor” in years to know the whole point is to outwit, outplay and outlast by any means necessary including betrayal.

From Salon • Feb. 24, 2024

Trying to outwit himself required an unusual turn of mind.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady