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Recent Examples of opportunism
Rescheduling marijuana would bring negligible changes in criminal justice reform, and critics accuse the president of political opportunism.
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Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 15 Dec. 2025
But just enough opportunism in the offensive zone, defensive tenacity in their own zone and some very good goaltending by Jeremy Swayman (29 saves) led them to a 4-1 victory over the New Jersey Devils at the Garden.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 7 Dec. 2025
Instead, events appear to lie in political opportunism in the wake of an election marred by flaws and allegations of illegitimacy.
—John Joseph Chin, The Conversation, 1 Dec. 2025
Whether the likes of Steve Bannon, Michael Anton, Stephen Miller, and Tucker Carlson are driven by conviction, opportunism, personal grievance, or some combination of these motives is never easy to say.
—George Packer, The Atlantic, 24 Nov. 2025
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Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 15 Dec. 2025
But just enough opportunism in the offensive zone, defensive tenacity in their own zone and some very good goaltending by Jeremy Swayman (29 saves) led them to a 4-1 victory over the New Jersey Devils at the Garden.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 7 Dec. 2025
Instead, events appear to lie in political opportunism in the wake of an election marred by flaws and allegations of illegitimacy.
—John Joseph Chin, The Conversation, 1 Dec. 2025
Whether the likes of Steve Bannon, Michael Anton, Stephen Miller, and Tucker Carlson are driven by conviction, opportunism, personal grievance, or some combination of these motives is never easy to say.
—George Packer, The Atlantic, 24 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for opportunism
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Armia, also signed over the summer, has been as advertised, bringing aggression, energy and a serious threat to score shorthanded.—
Andrew Knoll,
Daily News,
7 Feb. 2026
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With Russia and Belarus officially banned, and the games taking place in Europe, there will likely be significant diplomatic attention on Russia’s aggression in Ukraine.—
Samuel Sanders,
Time,
6 Feb. 2026
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His competitiveness and support for the group.—
Nick Friedell,
New York Times,
7 Feb. 2026
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America’s competitiveness should come from productivity and logistics, not depreciation.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The lack of pretentiousness signals something about who’s welcome there.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
29 Nov. 2025
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There’s a pretentiousness that begins to show itself as folks get more comfortable.—
Victoria Uwumarogie,
Essence,
20 Oct. 2025
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From his first moments onscreen in a performance of Duracell Bunny physicality and motormouth pushiness, Chalamet conveys the sense of a shameless young man willing himself toward greatness with a combination of chutzpah, amorality and unshakeable self-belief.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Dec. 2025
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Modi is as nationalistic as Xi, and is no doubt irritated at the confidence and pushiness of its great eastern neighbor.—
Kerry Brown,
Time,
4 Sep. 2025
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What Research Says About Quiet Leaders Although corporate stereotypes often favor extroverted traits in leadership, like assertiveness, research challenges that assumption.—
Cheryl Robinson,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Oswald’s timid Ludie is gentle, sad and almost childlike in his lack of assertiveness toward his wife.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Jan. 2026
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Julia Fox certainly knows how to pull off an unforgettable look that is equal parts artfully avant-garde and daring.—
Meg Walters,
InStyle,
10 Feb. 2026
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The following year, Toni Braxton rocked a daring ensemble by Richard Tyler to the 2000 ceremony.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
1 Feb. 2026
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In any case, despite the motivations behind it the mutiny in the studio turned into a party.—
Alex Suskind,
Pitchfork,
13 Feb. 2026
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While seeking a limerent object is a good case study in unconscious motivation, perhaps the best modern example of this phenomenon in practice is the cell phone.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Feb. 2026
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UConn is 22-1, has won 18 in a row, is 7-0 in true road games, ranked third in the nation, and the coach is no longer lamenting a lack of killer instinct, but showing the lack of respect card.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
5 Feb. 2026
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Savinho, who Guardiola said on Wednesday could miss up to two months with injury, and Oscar Bobb do not quite have the killer instinct in the final third yet, either.—
Sam Lee,
New York Times,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Opportunism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/opportunism. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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