opportunistic

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Recent Examples of opportunistic The team, as has turned into status quo the last few years, hovers around .500 once again in an opportunistic American League. Mark Temnycky, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 July 2025 Aiming that threat at Musk may be the opportunistic anger of a bully, and even seem amusing. Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2025 If allegations against Tyler Perry are proven, distancing themselves to protect their brand will still appear opportunistic and ungrateful. Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 24 June 2025 Tehran has been opportunistic in the past about finding vulnerable US critical infrastructure to exploit, according to US officials. Sean Lyngaas, CNN Money, 24 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for opportunistic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for opportunistic
Adjective
  • And signs have emerged that the White House may be misreading Trump’s election mandate and the political moment, with new polls showing public sentiment turning nationwide on the president’s increasingly aggressive enforcement tactics.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2025
  • Putin would hit them through relentless cyber attacks and increasingly aggressive military moves on their borders.
    Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
Adjective
  • Although resilience often looks like luck or good character, the ability to prevent or reduce losses from any type of risk entails careful planning and diligent efforts.
    Louis Gritzo, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
  • The group was not always diligent about following military directives.
    Asaf Elia-Shalev, Sun Sentinel, 14 July 2025
Adjective
  • Smart aspiring founders don't guess what people want.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
  • Square Peg co-founders Ari Aster and Lars Knudsen want to help make aspiring filmmakers’ dreams come true.
    Rance Collins, IndieWire, 8 July 2025
Adjective
  • In midfield, Postecoglou avoided the temptation to attempt a like-for-like replacement for Dejan Kulusevski, Lucas Bergvall and James Maddison, all of whom missed the final through injury, and instead went with Pape Matar Sarr, a more functional and industrious option.
    Elias Burke, New York Times, 22 May 2025
  • Leroy Sané was industrious in the first half, but his inability to shoot with both feet hurt him and his team overall.
    Manuel Veth, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
Adjective
  • Of course, that doesn’t mean that some enterprising bartenders aren’t willing to play around with the standard Rum Runner formula and find ways to modernize this old-school favorite.
    Taylor Tobin, Southern Living, 9 July 2025
  • Two years later, it was resurrected again by an enterprising German immigrant named Walter Staib, an award-winning chef who hailed from a family of celebrated cooks and bakers.
    James Dodson July 7, Literary Hub, 7 July 2025
Adjective
  • However, the most dynamic companies today, such as Amazon, Notion, and Anthropic operate on different principles.
    Jeroen Tas, Time, 10 July 2025
  • Around the world, a new breed of hospitality leaders is transforming lobbies, guest rooms, and even rooftops into dynamic platforms for contemporary art, democratizing access and forging unprecedented artist-community-corporate synergies.
    Byron Armstrong, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025

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“Opportunistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/opportunistic. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.

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