opportune

Example Sentences

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Having said all that, luck and an opportune break or two are still key ingredients to political success, as Davis suggested.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Falling mortgage rates are coming at an opportune time for a housing market that has been stuck in neutral for three years, with sales mired in their worst slump in three decades.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

They sketched out priorities and drafted legislative language on whiteboards, then waited for the opportune moment to introduce a bill.

From Salon • Dec. 24, 2025

Nor does BTD, he notes, do much as a complement to existing stock allocations as a way to increase or decrease exposure tactically at opportune times.

From Barron's • Dec. 10, 2025

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