The clever fox outwitted the cunning coyote.
Meaning: This sentence describes a fox using its intelligence to defeat a coyote.
Choice of Words: Clever means intelligent and resourceful. Outwitted means to defeat someone by being smarter or more cunning. Cunning means sly and deceitful. Coyote is a type of wild dog found in North America. When you put them together, you get a story of a clever fox using its intelligence to outsmart a cunning coyote.
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