window of opportunity
noun phrase
: the time during which there is a chance to do something
The window of opportunity has closed/ended.
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Tentative contact has been made between the club and both Newcastle and Isak’s representatives to understand the situation with his future and, although encouragement hasn’t been particularly forthcoming, Liverpool is said to sense a window of opportunity to strike.
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Harry De Cosemo, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
But if some people see a rare window of opportunity to topple the theocrats who have run Iran since the Islamic Revolution of 1979, others warn about the sheer scale of the risks.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 18 June 2025
But waiting too long risks closing a golden window of opportunity and allows tensions to fester.
—J. Tedford Tyler, Time, 17 May 2025
Dado Ruvic | Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff pause gives Temu and Shein a temporary window of opportunity to restock U.S.-based warehouses and re-evaluate their supply chain management, experts and insiders say.
—Anniek Bao,dylan Butts, CNBC, 13 May 2025
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Harry De Cosemo, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
But if some people see a rare window of opportunity to topple the theocrats who have run Iran since the Islamic Revolution of 1979, others warn about the sheer scale of the risks.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 18 June 2025
But waiting too long risks closing a golden window of opportunity and allows tensions to fester.
—J. Tedford Tyler, Time, 17 May 2025
Dado Ruvic | Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff pause gives Temu and Shein a temporary window of opportunity to restock U.S.-based warehouses and re-evaluate their supply chain management, experts and insiders say.
—Anniek Bao,dylan Butts, CNBC, 13 May 2025
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“Window of opportunity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/window%20of%20opportunity. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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