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opportune

[op-er-toon, -tyoon] / ˌɒp ərˈtun, -ˈtyun /


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This is an opportune time for individual investors to reallocate part of their holdings to actively managed mutual funds, which may be better equipped to navigate current market conditions and potentially outperform their benchmarks.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

Saturday would be an opportune time to begin.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

Licensing for movies and TV is also booming, and with Y2K nostalgia permeating today’s media, Spears may be selling at an opportune time.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

My wife and I bought it at an opportune moment many years ago and can’t afford to move—transaction costs and mortgage rates being what they are.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 8, 2026

For Galton, the word eugenics was an opportune fit—“at least a neater word...than viriculture, which I once ventured to use.”

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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