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Recent Examples of opportunity
Young got a clear signal about an opportunity ahead of him in March when outside linebacker Michael Hoecht left the Rams in free agency for the Buffalo Bills.
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Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
Andrew can see in Lucas an opportunity of freedom and authentic life.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 19 Sep. 2025
Nearly 30 years after the inaugural edition, Building a Mystery offers an opportunity to retell the festival’s origin story.
—Rachel Brodsky, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2025
There are also plenty of hiking opportunities, especially at Mississippi Palisades State Park.
—Claire Trageser, Travel + Leisure, 13 Sep. 2025
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Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
Andrew can see in Lucas an opportunity of freedom and authentic life.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 19 Sep. 2025
Nearly 30 years after the inaugural edition, Building a Mystery offers an opportunity to retell the festival’s origin story.
—Rachel Brodsky, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2025
There are also plenty of hiking opportunities, especially at Mississippi Palisades State Park.
—Claire Trageser, Travel + Leisure, 13 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for opportunity
Noun
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Being able to generate code was finally getting a chance to shine in the bright lights of another erstwhile reason to use generative AI and LLMs.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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There was an official welcome outdoors, a private carriage procession around the Windsor Estate (which the public were kept away from) and the President and First Lady had a chance to pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II at her tomb in St George's Chapel.—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The most notorious, in 1978, saw the late queen hide behind a bush in the gardens of Buckingham Palace to avoid Nicolae Ceaușescu, having already removed anything that the Romanian dictator could steal from his room following a warning from Giscard d'Estaing, the then French president.—
Ian King,
CNBC,
17 Sep. 2025
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In follow-up comments, the original poster noted that their roommate had already claimed the larger room.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Opportunity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/opportunity. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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