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Recent Examples of opportunism
But turning this moment into lasting advantage will require careful planning, not just short-term opportunism.
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Yinka Adegoke, semafor.com, 7 Feb. 2026
Leavitt’s opportunism was paying off.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 4 Feb. 2026
In low-trust societies, coordination costs rise, compliance drops, and political life becomes dominated by short-term opportunism.
—Klaus Schwab, Time, 5 Jan. 2026
What gets to Cannon in the end—what breaks her open—is the combination of physical exhaustion, Trish’s opportunism, and a co-worker’s bad faith.
—E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2025
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Yinka Adegoke, semafor.com, 7 Feb. 2026
Leavitt’s opportunism was paying off.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 4 Feb. 2026
In low-trust societies, coordination costs rise, compliance drops, and political life becomes dominated by short-term opportunism.
—Klaus Schwab, Time, 5 Jan. 2026
What gets to Cannon in the end—what breaks her open—is the combination of physical exhaustion, Trish’s opportunism, and a co-worker’s bad faith.
—E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for opportunism
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Kyiv fears that Moscow could use that territory as a launchpad for further aggression.—
Volodymyr Yurchuk,
Fortune,
28 Mar. 2026
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Unfortunately, the quality of the program was low and resulted in rising aggression and behavior issues among children, especially boys, and hurt parental relationships.—
Abby McCloskey,
Boston Herald,
28 Mar. 2026
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Tyson Eckert, the fourteen-year-old, lectured about character, competence, confidence, capability, credibility, competitiveness, and courage.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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Together, these trends point to a tightening labor pool that threatens economic growth, global competitiveness, and fiscal stability for decades ahead.—
Gregory Haile,
Fortune,
29 Mar. 2026
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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
Noun
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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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Both view the Lebanese government as still completely incapable of disarming Hezbollah, though both were shocked at the new assertiveness of Beirut as seen by Tuesday’s banishment of Iran’s ambassador.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
26 Mar. 2026
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Most organizations overvalue assertiveness.—
Stephanie Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
20 Mar. 2026
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And even at the time, Forsyth said, the individual daring of the burglars only made a difference because of all the other people who had mobilized to fight for a better society.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
20 Mar. 2026
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All of the daring and courage of the Golden Age films about cowboys, fighters, pilots, and pirates is distilled into the score for the first Indiana Jones movie.—
Alex Galbraith,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Feb. 2026
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The reason for that association could simply be that the people eating these low-variety diets have more self-discipline or motivation to lose weight, per the researchers.—
Korin Miller,
SELF,
27 Mar. 2026
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Baker argued that the DA’s office and Rosen’s campaign are legally separate, denied any political motivation in the prosecution, and noted that campaign donation records are public — adding that the office had already turned over emails between a senior prosecutor and the campaign manager.—
Ryan Macasero,
Mercury News,
27 Mar. 2026
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The entrepreneur and lifestyle icon has built a career out of creating and celebrating beautiful things, but a killer instinct for business is why her career has far outpaced the men’s around her.—
Lale Arikoglu,
Condé Nast Traveler,
8 Mar. 2026
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During the third, his killer instinct shifted focus.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Mar. 2026
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“Opportunism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/opportunism. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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