opine
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“If a Fed chairman is going to opine on financial markets, they should take a conservative approach,” Harris said.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026
He said, however, that as a military industrial base analyst, it wasn’t his place to opine on whether this sort of intense military investment should be the budget priority of the American government.
From Salon ● May 8, 2026
“If you’re going to opine on matters of theology, you’ve got to be careful. You’ve got to make sure it’s anchored in the truth,” he admonished the pontiff.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026
The OLC has the power to opine on whatever the OLC wants to opine on, but it’s just that; it’s an opinion.
From Slate ● Apr. 9, 2026
I have served the State In various ways with elegance and skill; But my "last Metamorphosis," I opine, Out of Glenaveril's wholly takes the shine.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, Nov. 11, 1887 by Various
When life gets you down, Danny Palumbo opines, nothing is more soothing than eating a meal prepared with love.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
Interest rate increases are one of Wall Street’s concerns, and those seem to be on the table, potentially as soon as this fall, opines Capital Economics’ Chief North America Economist Stephen Brown.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
“The Spartans might be . . . viewed as parasites, feeding off the forced labor of their helots,” he opines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026
This plays into the hands of small-cap and midcap stocks, Hartnett opines.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 23, 2026
Their author Barksted must share the blame, Grosart opines, for some of the poem's errors would seem to show that he was "ill-educated and unpractised in composition."
From Seven Minor Epics of the English Renaissance (1596-1624) by Paul William Miller
The post sought to downplay the gravity of the situation and opined that investors are likely to give Aschenbrenner the benefit of the doubt.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
The biggest one, Salim opined, is the cost of what can happen when you let yourself be run or dictated by ego or by pride.
From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2026
“His many detractors should grant that his comments late Saturday at a White House press briefing hit the right notes of gratitude and comity,” the Wall Street Journal editorial board opined.
From Slate ● Apr. 26, 2026
A few analysts have opined on fusion, though.
From Barron's ● Dec. 19, 2025
Sensible that I should speak and join the frolic, I opined that I should like to hear their especial call, having never heard human imitate that animal’s cry.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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Brad Gerstner is a prolific podcaster, opining on topics from artificial intelligence to the Epstein files.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Analysts are opining about the impact on global trade, which influences corporate earnings, but it’s too early to draw significant conclusions.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
The film flopped - with Time magazine opining that "nothing can save this picture".
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2025
Before there were blogs, there were Voice columnists riffing off the headlines and opining on the latest trends.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2024
He made these explorations afoot, opining that, at first, the use of street cars or the "L" would tend to confuse his orientation.
From The Desire of the Moth; and the Come On by Eugene Manlove Rhodes
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