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Recent Examples of opportunity
Jeff Elgin, founder of FranChoice, a network that helps match people with franchise-owning opportunities.
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Mike Wall, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2025
To energize future generations around the opportunity in their backyards, the industry must make a concerted effort to build pathways from the classroom to the factory.
—Mark Rayfield, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
What could have been an awkward, tense moment instead became an opportunity - a chance to reconnect with the community in a meaningful way.
—Maria Williams, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
And the arrival of some suspicious new neighbors presents an opportunity that solves one problem while worsening the other.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 3 Oct. 2025
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Mike Wall, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2025
To energize future generations around the opportunity in their backyards, the industry must make a concerted effort to build pathways from the classroom to the factory.
—Mark Rayfield, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
What could have been an awkward, tense moment instead became an opportunity - a chance to reconnect with the community in a meaningful way.
—Maria Williams, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
And the arrival of some suspicious new neighbors presents an opportunity that solves one problem while worsening the other.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 3 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for opportunity
Noun
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Pay an additional $1 to add the Power Play for a chance to multiply all Powerball winnings except for the jackpot.—
Chris Sims,
IndyStar,
2 Oct. 2025
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There is a 20% chance of showers.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Now the Jeserich Building, also known as the Tower building — a distinctive piece of 1888 Kansas City architecture, with its southwest Queen Ann turret rooms and bow windows — will be coming down, its owners confirmed Tuesday.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
30 Sep. 2025
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The clip shows Mason just sitting in the middle of the room, seemingly blocking everything else out and ignoring the dogs around him.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Opportunity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/opportunity. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.
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