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Recent Examples of opportunity
The Big Ten thinks 24 teams would bring in more revenue and the opportunity to host more home playoff games.
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Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2026
What attracted me most was the opportunity to play another great character.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
Education and new opportunities will be part of the initiative.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 13 May 2026
The opportunity to interview these people would never have been turned down by other organizations, but there was also a sense that these dictators and terrorists and authoritarians were realizing that CNN were giving them this unfiltered platform to speak to the American people.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 13 May 2026
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Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2026
What attracted me most was the opportunity to play another great character.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
Education and new opportunities will be part of the initiative.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 13 May 2026
The opportunity to interview these people would never have been turned down by other organizations, but there was also a sense that these dictators and terrorists and authoritarians were realizing that CNN were giving them this unfiltered platform to speak to the American people.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 13 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for opportunity
Noun
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Water aficionados will enjoy the chance to experience the ins and outs of the lake, thanks to five full-service marinas along the twisting shoreline, more than four times the length of Georgia’s Atlantic coast.—
Robb Report Studio,
Robb Report,
16 May 2026
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But, over the past few months, Senators Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Maria Cantwell (D-Washington) have been working on a bipartisan bill that would be introduced on the Senate floor that would actually have a chance at being pushed past the barriers that currently exist on both sides.—
Trey Wallace,
FOXNews.com,
15 May 2026
Noun
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Currency dealers monitor exchange rates as an electronic screen (top) shows South Korea's benchmark stock index (KOSPI) in a foreign exchange dealing room at the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul on March 13, 2026.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
18 May 2026
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While searching the property, Langston saw hundreds of photographs of the Toures and their extended family on display throughout the rooms.—
Yudhijit Bhattacharjee,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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“Opportunity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/opportunity. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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