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Recent Examples of opportunities
The research pointed to new opportunities for clean energy.
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Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2025
The schools that win will signal where education is heading — and where the opportunities lie.
—Jaime Catmull, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
More interestingly, the staff begins to spread its wings when granted opportunities to report.
—Michael M. Rosen, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
With this partnership, the rapper is not only redefining what Monday Night Football sounds like, but also expanding the opportunities for game day.
—Larry Stansbury, Essence, 11 Sep. 2025
In the first half, Decatur thrived with a patient offense that consistently found interior scoring opportunities.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Mar. 2025
Duhamel earned a Daytime Emmy for the role, but left the show to pursue other opportunities — leaving his character of Leo to die in a shocking twist.
—Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 1 Mar. 2025
Their education and job opportunities will shrink as a result.
—Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 1 Mar. 2025
And the gravity Thomas commands will create easier scoring opportunities for his teammates.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 1 Mar. 2025
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2025
The schools that win will signal where education is heading — and where the opportunities lie.
—Jaime Catmull, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
More interestingly, the staff begins to spread its wings when granted opportunities to report.
—Michael M. Rosen, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
With this partnership, the rapper is not only redefining what Monday Night Football sounds like, but also expanding the opportunities for game day.
—Larry Stansbury, Essence, 11 Sep. 2025
In the first half, Decatur thrived with a patient offense that consistently found interior scoring opportunities.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Mar. 2025
Duhamel earned a Daytime Emmy for the role, but left the show to pursue other opportunities — leaving his character of Leo to die in a shocking twist.
—Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 1 Mar. 2025
Their education and job opportunities will shrink as a result.
—Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 1 Mar. 2025
And the gravity Thomas commands will create easier scoring opportunities for his teammates.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 1 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for opportunities
chances
Noun
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Each of us takes about twenty thousand breaths every single day—twenty thousand chances for the air around us to either sustain life or to quietly harm it.—
Bill Frist,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Better chances for more widespread showers and thunderstorms will come on Thursday and Friday.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Opportunities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/opportunities. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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