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as in chameleons
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 machinators
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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Today, those invaders have been cleared, and more than 100,000 native saplings have grown into a lush forest cover that’s now home to sunbirds, bulbuls, geckos and chameleons.—
Chris Schalkx,
Vogue,
30 Sep. 2025 -
There will be a piñata and crafting, including Lele dolls, carnival masks and pipe cleaner chameleons.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Sep. 2025
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For nearly the first two decades of their existence, the New Orleans Saints were NFL bottom-feeders.—
Jim Reineking,
USA Today,
11 Dec. 2025
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Chicago is currently mired in a miserable seven-game losing streak, a confounding skid that includes defeats against NBA bottom-feeders like the New Orleans Pelicans, Charlotte Hornets, Indiana Pacers, and Brooklyn Nets.—
Alex Kirschenbaum,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Dec. 2025
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Farage has instituted a May 7 deadline for prospective Conservative defectors to officially switch to Reform, warning that his party will not be open to last-minute opportunists seeking to court his growing support base closer to election time.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
26 Jan. 2026
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Thousands of players entered the portal this cycle and the sport’s biggest opportunists (and spenders) were active early.—
Shawn McFarland,
Dallas Morning News,
16 Jan. 2026
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Yet despite their impressive size, encounters with these enigmas remain exceedingly rare due to the myriad of challenges of studying deep-sea sharks.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Casino Point underwater park is a popular spot where divers can see a variety of marine life, such as bat rays, angel sharks and the state fish, according to KTLA5.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
PEOPLE,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Temporizers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/temporizers. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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