as in aggressive
attentive to and ready to act on opportunities for personal gain or advancement
The opportunistic salesperson was always on the lookout for potential new customers.
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Recent Examples of opportunistic
The team, as has turned into status quo the last few years, hovers around .500 once again in an opportunistic American League.
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Mark Temnycky, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 July 2025
Aiming that threat at Musk may be the opportunistic anger of a bully, and even seem amusing.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2025
If allegations against Tyler Perry are proven, distancing themselves to protect their brand will still appear opportunistic and ungrateful.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 24 June 2025
Tehran has been opportunistic in the past about finding vulnerable US critical infrastructure to exploit, according to US officials.
—Sean Lyngaas, CNN Money, 24 June 2025
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Mark Temnycky, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 July 2025
Aiming that threat at Musk may be the opportunistic anger of a bully, and even seem amusing.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2025
If allegations against Tyler Perry are proven, distancing themselves to protect their brand will still appear opportunistic and ungrateful.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 24 June 2025
Tehran has been opportunistic in the past about finding vulnerable US critical infrastructure to exploit, according to US officials.
—Sean Lyngaas, CNN Money, 24 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for opportunistic
Adjective
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With that in mind, it's expected the Dodgers will be very aggressive at the trade deadline.—
Zach Pressnell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 July 2025
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Turkeys may become aggressive and territorial if comfortable in suburban areas.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
10 July 2025
Adjective
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Although resilience often looks like luck or good character, the ability to prevent or reduce losses from any type of risk entails careful planning and diligent efforts.—
Louis Gritzo,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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The group was not always diligent about following military directives.—
Asaf Elia-Shalev,
Sun Sentinel,
14 July 2025
Adjective
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Smart aspiring founders don't guess what people want.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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Square Peg co-founders Ari Aster and Lars Knudsen want to help make aspiring filmmakers’ dreams come true.—
Rance Collins,
IndieWire,
8 July 2025
Adjective
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No! Indiscriminate mass deportation of our law abiding, industrious, dutiful neighbors only recently arrived?—
Timothy Cardinal Dolan,
New York Daily News,
2 July 2025
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Pachuca never mustered enough quality around the industrious Salomon Rondon to truly threaten Yassine Bounou, even as Al Hilal’s passivity flirted with danger.—
Liam Twomey,
New York Times,
27 June 2025
Adjective
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Of course, that doesn’t mean that some enterprising bartenders aren’t willing to play around with the standard Rum Runner formula and find ways to modernize this old-school favorite.—
Taylor Tobin,
Southern Living,
9 July 2025
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Two years later, it was resurrected again by an enterprising German immigrant named Walter Staib, an award-winning chef who hailed from a family of celebrated cooks and bakers.—
James Dodson
July 7,
Literary Hub,
7 July 2025
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However, the most dynamic companies today, such as Amazon, Notion, and Anthropic operate on different principles.—
Jeroen Tas,
Time,
10 July 2025
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Around the world, a new breed of hospitality leaders is transforming lobbies, guest rooms, and even rooftops into dynamic platforms for contemporary art, democratizing access and forging unprecedented artist-community-corporate synergies.—
Byron Armstrong,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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“Opportunistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/opportunistic. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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