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as in opportunities
a favorable combination of circumstances, time, and place
the talk show host's usual modus operandi is to talk over his guests, thereby denying them an opening to articulate their positions
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2
as in apertures
a place in a surface allowing passage into or through a thing
an opening in the roof is letting rain drip inside
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3
as in gaps
an open space in a barrier (as a wall or hedge)
the rabbit found a little opening in the bushes and darted through
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Recent Examples of openings
Trim trees and install storm shutters, accordion shutters and impact glass; seal outside wall openings.
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Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Additionally, the total number of unemployed individuals now outnumbers the number of job openings for the first time since April 2021, and surging layoffs have made finding and keeping a job an increasingly trying task.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Future openings include exciting destinations such as Kyoto, Riyadh, Nanjing and Shenzhen.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 11 Sep. 2025
These openings are a change from plans announced by Taco Bell in July to open Live Más Cafés in Irvine and Orange.
—Fielding Buck, Oc Register, 10 Sep. 2025
Anisimova dialed in, desperately refusing to give Osaka any openings.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
Separately, the Labor Department reported that for the first time in more than four years, there are more people looking for work than there are job openings.
—Scott Horsley, NPR, 5 Sep. 2025
Elsewhere retail trade, leisure, and hospitality also posted downturns in openings.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
Job openings ticked down in July to levels rarely seen since the Covid-19 pandemic, bolstering fears of cooling in the labor market.
—Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Additionally, the total number of unemployed individuals now outnumbers the number of job openings for the first time since April 2021, and surging layoffs have made finding and keeping a job an increasingly trying task.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Future openings include exciting destinations such as Kyoto, Riyadh, Nanjing and Shenzhen.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 11 Sep. 2025
These openings are a change from plans announced by Taco Bell in July to open Live Más Cafés in Irvine and Orange.
—Fielding Buck, Oc Register, 10 Sep. 2025
Anisimova dialed in, desperately refusing to give Osaka any openings.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
Separately, the Labor Department reported that for the first time in more than four years, there are more people looking for work than there are job openings.
—Scott Horsley, NPR, 5 Sep. 2025
Elsewhere retail trade, leisure, and hospitality also posted downturns in openings.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
Job openings ticked down in July to levels rarely seen since the Covid-19 pandemic, bolstering fears of cooling in the labor market.
—Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for openings
Noun
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Our conversation revealed how commercial space, AI, and medicine are converging in ways that will open entirely new opportunities for businesses and societies.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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There is enough stacked against the party and president that every effort should be made to remove opportunities from the opposing party.—
Kimberly Ross,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Similarly, in astronomy, larger apertures, advances in photography and spectroscopy, the development of multi-wavelength astronomy beyond the visible light spectrum, and the first space telescopes all brought in new observational data that upended many pre-existing ideas.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
28 Aug. 2025
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Traditional camera users should use wide-angle lenses and low apertures while shooting.—
Antonio Pequeño IV,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
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By transforming consumer devices into medical monitoring tools, gaps could be bridged in health care by providing continuous oversight.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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Without such infrastructure, stablecoins risk being hobbled by operational gaps rather than technological limits.—
Tony Bradley,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Investors peg the chances of a quarter-point rate cut this month at about 90% and the odds of a half-point cut at nearly 10%, according to CME FedWatch Tool, a measure of market sentiment.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
11 Sep. 2025
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Former Brevard County School Board Member Jennifer Jenkins is launching a longshot Democratic bid for Marco Rubio’s former Senate seat — and hoping the polarizing prospect of bringing independents into the party’s primary will strengthen her chances.—
Claire Heddles,
Miami Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This set includes six hangers, each designed with five holes that can hold five garments both horizontally (up to 6 pounds) and vertically (up to 8 pounds).—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
16 Sep. 2025
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Several bullet holes, a pile of sheets, clothing and cardboard covered in blood were all found at the scene, along with an AR-style rifle, other guns and several pools of blood, according to the outlet.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Key prevention strategies include sealing cracks and crevices in walls, roofs, and around windows and doors.—
Matthew Binnicker,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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The females wait folded within crevices in bark.—
Rosanna Warren,
The Atlantic,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Openings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/openings. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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