opportune

Example Sentences

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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

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

For Western navies the improvements come at an opportune time, after China built the world’s largest surface naval fleet and its own large autonomous underwater vehicles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025

The job was an opportune beginning and a colossal relief.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden