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as in chameleon
a person who dexterously and expediently changes or adopts opinions
the kind of temporizer who determines his position on a political issue by taking a look at the polls
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as in machinator
one who does things only for his own benefit and with little regard for right and wrong
a lifelong temporizer, he was for the war as long as it was popular and against it the minute the tide of public opinion went the other way
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Noun
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The foliage can be quite the color chameleon, with some selections leafing out in shades of red, purple, lime green, and orange before changing tones as the season advances.—
Libby Monteith Minor,
Southern Living,
20 Apr. 2025 -
This time, the moment required the Gators (36-4) to become chameleons.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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And a lot of them are like the rig shark — smaller bottom-feeders, eaten by larger sharks and humans alike.—
Julie Depenbrock,
NPR,
3 Apr. 2025
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And with New York dropping the first two games of what was supposed to be a gimme stretch against bottom-feeders, the Knicks’ margin for error is all but gone.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
22 Mar. 2025
Noun
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That is until smooth-talking opportunist sneaker J.B.—
Courtney Howard,
Variety,
17 Apr. 2025
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With the deadline for New York’s Gender-Motivated Violence Act expiring tomorrow, opportunists are scrambling to file last-minute, meritless claims.—
Marc Griffin,
VIBE.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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Steve is out to find the jaguar shark who killed his partner, but Klaus finds his own enemy in a Zissou fan (Owen Wilson) who believes the undersea documentarian is his dad. 10.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2025
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To see how small businesses are responding, Forbes reached out to 10 Shark Tank entrepreneurs across multiple industries, along with each of their celebrity sharks.—
Danielle Chemtob,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Temporizer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/temporizer. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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